Evelyn Kathleen Chatman Cooke

Background

Cooke, Evelyn Kathleen Chatman was born in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Charles Elijah and Josie (Bond) Chatman.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, Lane College, 1955. Master of Education, Xavier U. Cet. lay speaker United Methodist Church.

Career

August 1970);LaRene. Teacher public schools, Chattanooga, 1957-1967, Cincinnati, 1967-1993. Retired, 1993; consultant career education Public Schools, Cincinnati President, reader, cons Hymnal Revision Committee, United Methodist Church. Chairman of Commission on education, Gaines United Methodist Church, chair commission on religion and race, coordinator global concerns United Methodist Women, chair Christian global concerns, national Top Ladies of Distinction, Incorporated. program designer, area Five Top Ladies of Distinction, Incorporated.

Life member Church Women United.

Member upper grade school study council. Board directors Wesley Child Care Center.

Member program committee District Ethnic Minority Laity Council. Organizer, founder Young Adult Ensemble.

Member Beyer Music Society.

Chair Commission Religion and Race. Church school leader, certified lay speaker United Methodist Church. Member Cincinnati District Social Witness Ministry Team, United Meth.Ch.

Achievements

• Evelyn Kathleen Chatman Cooke has been listed as a noteworthy elementary education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member; Fellowship United Methodists in Music, Worship and the Arts, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life), Council Company-op Action, American, Ohio Federation Teachers, Cincinnati Council Educators, National Council Negro Women (life), National CaucusBlack Aging (life), Top Ladies of Distinction, Incorporated. (life, outstanding service award 1981, national chair 1987, national Second vice president chairman information committee, president Cincinnati chapter, chair advising committee national. Membership chair, contributor Protocol Primer, Outstanding Svc. award Area V 1993, Special Tribute award Cincinnati chapter, National President"s citation 1995, certified of merit), American Association Retired Persons, Ohio Retired Teachers Association (life), Hamilton County Retired Teachers Association (life), Status of Womem (national chair, 1987-1989, area V director, 1989-1993), Black Meths. for Church Renewal, West Ohio Conference Commission Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, Sigma Gamma Rho (life, national constitution and by-laws committee, anti-basileus Epsilon Lambda Sigma chapter, contributor Pearls of Protocol, Special Tribute award), Gamma Theta Sigma, Sigma Rho Sigma.

Connections

Married James T. Cooke, April.

Father:

Charles Elijah Chatman

Mother:

Josie (Bond) Chatman

Spouse:

James T. Cooke