Facts: - workplaces: sri international - birth date: 25 april 1924 - name: paul m. cook - nationality: american - birth place: ridgewood , new jersey Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul m. cook .
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paul m. cook -lrb- born april 25 , 1924 -rrb- was the founder and ceo of raychem , a chemical manufacturing company that reached $ 2 billion in annual revenue .in 1998 , he was awarded the national medal of technology '' for his vision and entrepreneurial efforts , his technical accomplishments and his business and technical leadership as the key contributor in creating a worldwide chemically based industry . ''