Background
Cook, Everett Richard was born on December 13, 1894 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Jesse Everett and Ollie Belle (Shonacker) Cook.
Cook, Everett Richard was born on December 13, 1894 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Jesse Everett and Ollie Belle (Shonacker) Cook.
Educated Memphis public schools. Doctor of Laws Doctorate. (honorary), Southwestern at Memphis, 1954, Christian Brothers College, Memphis, 1971.
Organized own cotton business, Marianna, Arkansas, 1916. President Cook and Company, Incorporated., raw cotton, Memphis. Chairman of the Board Cook Industries, Incorporated., Memphis, Bayonne, Peoria, Chicago, Washington, New York City, Kansas City, Missoury, Fresno, Portland, Oregon, Fort Worth, Lubbock, Paris, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Marseille, Rome, Madrid, Sydney, Geneva, London, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Winnipeg, 1969-1974.
Chairman of the Board subsidiaries Cook, Treadwell & Harry, Incorporated., East.L. Bruce Company, Incorporated., Terminix International, Incorporated., Riverside Chemical Company.
Director Eastern Air Lincolnshire, Schering-Plough Corporation Adviser wartime economics affairs Department State, 1945, consultant, 1945-1946. Special assistant war food administrator and secretary agriculture.
National chairman Agricultural War Board, 1944-1945.
Member of the United States mission to negotiate Peruvian cotton purchase, 1942. Member Tennessee Constitutional Committee, 1953, Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission, 1953. Chairman Cook Foundation, Memphis, 1954-1974.
Served as captain, pilot commanding officer 91st Aeronautical Squadron Army Air Service, France, 1918-1919, colonel, A.A.F., 1942-1944.
Member Reserve Forces Policy Board for Department of Defense, 1951-1952. Member American Cotton Shippers Association (president 1949), New York Cotton Exchange, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Memphis Cotton Exchange (president 1931) Cotton Council International (president 1957-1958), Memphis Cotton Carnival Association (president 1931), Southern Cotton Shippers Association (president 1931-1932), Independent.
Clubs: Memphis Country, Memphis Hunt and Polo (Memphis).
Married Phoebe Willingham, June 4, 1919. Children: Edward (Willingham), Phoebe (Mistress John L. Welsh, Junior.