Ernest Ewart Cook

Background

Cook, Ernest Ewart was born on March 23, 1926 in Stratton, Wiltshire, England. Son of Edgar John and Dorothy May (Wiltshire) Cook. came to the United States, 1946.

Education

Bachelor, U. Cambridge, England, 1946; Master of Arts, U. Cambridge, 1950.

Career

Geophysicist, Cia Shell de Venezuela, Maracaibo, 1947-1956; chief geophysicist, Pakistan Shell Oil Corporation, Karachi, 1956-1957; chief geophysicist, Signal Oil and Gas Company, Los Angeles, 1957-1966; international exploration manager, Signal Oil and Gas Company, Los Angeles, 1966-1967; vice president, Seismic Computing Corporation, Houston, 1968-1970; chairman, Invent Inc., Houston, 1971-1978; president, Zenith Exploration Company, Houston, 1978-1983; chairman, Barsdall Geo-Technologies Inc., Houston, 1983-1984; president, Enjay Enterprises Inc., Houston, since 1984; Chairman of the Board, Marine & Mercantile Securities Plc., Ireland, since 1989. Board directors Triton Energy Corporation, Dallas, Input/Output Inc., Houston.

Achievements

• Ernest Ewart Cook has been listed as a noteworthy Oil company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Geological Society London. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists, Society Exploration Geophysicists, European Association Exploration Geophysicists, Society Petroleum Engineers, Marine Technology Society, United Oxford and Cambridge U. Club.

Connections

Married Concepcion Fernandina Cairo, September 23, 1953 (divorced April 1982). 1 child, Julia Ann; married Marian Frances Miller, June 24, 1985.

Father:

Edgar John Cook

Mother:

Dorothy May (Wiltshire) Cook

Spouse:

Concepcion Fernandina Cairo

Spouse:

Marian Frances Miller

child:

Julia Ann Cook