Background
Cocke, Erle was born on May 10, 1921 in Dawson, Georgia, United States.
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Erle Cocke
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Georgia, 1942; Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1947; Doctor of Laws, Mercer U., 1951; Doctor of Humane Letters, Missouri Valley College, 1960; D.B.A., Presbyterian College, 1979.
Career
Assistant general manager, Cinderella Foods, Dawson, 1946-1947;
executive director, Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of the State of Georgia, 1947-1948;
general industrial agent, central Georgia
with, Railway Company, Atlanta, 1948-1950;
assistant to president, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, 1950-1954;
vice president, Delta Air Lines, Inc., Atlanta, 1954-1961;
alternate executive director, World Bank, Washington, 1961-1964;
vice president, Peruvian Airlines, Inc., Washington, 1964-1966;
now consultant. Chairman of the Board, Cocke and Phillips International
director, State Mutual Insurance Company, Rome, Georgia. Toured 39 countries as member Defense Dept's Special Civilian Advisory Committee on Armed Forces Installations, 1951-1952.
Civilian aide to secretary of Army, 1952-1960. Co-chairman National Conference Foreign Aspects of the United States National Security, 1958. United States alternate representative to 14th general assembly United Nations, 1959-1960.
Achievements
Membership
Entered United States Army as Lieutenant, Infantry 1941. Discharge as major, Infantry 1946. Brigadier general National Guard.
Retired; Member U. Georgia Alumni Society (past vice president), American Legion (national commander 1950-1951,honorary president Society American Legion Founders 1983), Sphinx Society, Kappa Alpha.
Connections
Son of Erle and Elise (Meadows) C., Senior. Married Madelyn Alice Grotnes, May 28, 1955. Children: Elise Carol, Jennifer Cocke Carpenter, Carolyn Cocke Whitsett.
