Background
Cooke, Bette Louise was born on October 26, 1929 in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Oscar Oliver and Ada Luella (Williams) Cooke.
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Bette Louise Cooke
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Student, Grinnell College, Iowa, 1949. Bachelor of Science in Education, University Missouri, 1951. Master of Arts in Library.
Science, Vanderbilt University, 1964. Doctor of Education, Indiana University, 1971.
Career
Teacher public schools, Missouri & ILl., 1951-1963. Instructor in library science Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, 1964-1966. Assistant professor library science Western Illinois University, Macomb, 1966-1972.
Associate professor, chair department library science and instructional technical Center Missouri State University, Warrenburg, 1972-1980. Professor library science, director library St. Mary of the Plains College, Dodge City, 1983—1992. Retired, 1994
Consultant school libraries, Illinois and Missouri, 1971-1979.
Judge Southwest Kansas Project Fair Project, Dodge City, since 1987. Grant evaluator National Endowment for the Humanites, 1979. Chair Dodge City Library.
Consortium, Dodge City, 1985.
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Membership
Member Dodge City Friends of Public Library., since 1987. Board directors Homeowners Association, Dodge City, 1989k—. Member American Library Association, Kansas Library.
Association, Kansas College and Research Libraries (program committee), Kansas Private Academy Libraries, American Association of University Women.
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Nationality
American -
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Presbyterian -
Political Party
Republican
Education
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1949
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1951
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1964
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1971
Career
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1964 - 1966
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1966 - 1972
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1983 - 1992
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1983 - 1992
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1994