Background
Cook, Irving Winthrop was born on March 26, 1876 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Winthrop and Mary A. (Smith) Cook.
Cook, Irving Winthrop was born on March 26, 1876 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Winthrop and Mary A. (Smith) Cook.
Graduated from the high school, Provincetown, 1894.
Began with First National Bank, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1894. Assistant cashier, 1897-1902, cashier, 1902-1912, president, 1912-1916. President Hyannis Trust Company, 1916-1919.
President First National Bank, New Bedford, 1919-1941, Chairman of the Board since 1941 (bank now named First Safe Deposit National Bank New Bedford). Trustee St. Luke’s Hospital (New Bedford). Member American Bankers Association (ex-president national bank division).
Mason.; Club: Wamsutta (ex-president).
Married Carrie D. Knowles, June 14, 1899. Children: Georgia K. (Mistress Hugh S. Ferguson), Hilda (Mistress Joseph H. Swift, Junior.