Ivory Lee Cooley

Background

Cooley, Ivory Lee was born on April 25, 1951 in Lavrinburg, North Carolina, United States. Son of Elijah Kimnon and Ollie Mae (McLean) Cooley.

Education

Associate in Journalism, Essex County College, 1984. Student, Rutgers University.

Career

Transit clerk, First Fidelity Bank, Newark, 1970-1972; modified distribution clerk, United States Postal Svc., Newark, since 1973.

Achievements

• Ivory Lee Cooley has been listed as a noteworthy Civil servant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Carmel Tower Community Association, Newark, 1982, Fairview Homes Community Organization, 1986. Member Clean City Commission, Newark, 1985. District leader City of Newark, 1987, 89.

Vice president Africa-Network Organization, 1986-1989. Sponsor Cultural Day Festival Annual Event. Member International Platform Association (certified recognition 1986), American Biographical Institute (board advisors 1987, certified recognition 1986, 87), Newark African-American Diaspora Organization (president since 1989).

Interests

• Avocations: touring, hiking, bowling, traveling, reading.

Connections

Married Sharon Lynne Raines, December 16, 1972 (divorced May 1984). Children: Alkeim, Jamille.

Father:

Elijah Kimnon Cooley

Mother:

Ollie Mae (McLean) Cooley

Spouse:

Sharon Lynne Raines

child:

Jamille Cooley

child:

Alkeim Cooley