Stephen Champlin Cook

Background

Cook, Stephen Champlin was born on September 20, 1915 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Frederick Stephen and Mary Louise (Boardman) Cook.

Education

Student, University Oregon, Eugene, 1936.

Career

Surveyor, United States Engineers Corporation, Portland, Oregon, 1934-1935; dispatcher, Pacific Motor Trucking Company, Oakland, California, 1937-1938; manifest clerk, Pacific Truck Express, Portland, 1939; executive assistant, Coastwise Line, San Francisco, 1940-1941; manager K-Line service, Coastwise Line, San Francisco, 1945-1956; chartering manager, Ocean Svc. Inc. subsidiary Marcona Corporation, San Francisco, 1956-1975; retired, Ocean Svc. Inc. subsidiary Marcona Corporation, San Francisco, 1975.

Consultant, San Francisco, 1976-1978.

Achievements

• Stephen Champlin Cook has been listed as a noteworthy shipping company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Steering committee Dogwood Festival, Lewiston, Idaho, 1985-1992. Secretary Asotin County Representatives, Clarkston, Washington, 1986-1988. Advisory board Clarkston Pt.

Commissioners, 1989-1992. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1941-1945, PTO. Grand marshall Asotin Christmas Parade, 2006.

Member Veterans of Foreign Wars, Asotin County History Society (honorary life president 1982-1983, board directors), Asotin Chamber of Commerce (vice president 1994-1995).

Interests

• Hiking, camping, stamp collecting/philately.

Connections

Married Dorothy White, October 27, 1945 (deceased September 1998). Children: Mary H. Cook Goodson, John B., Samuel D., Robert B. (deceased).

Father:

Frederick Stephen Cook

Mother:

Mary Louise (Boardman) Cook

Spouse:

Dorothy White

child:

John B. Cook

child:

Samuel D. Cook

child:

Robert B. Cook (deceased)

child:

Mary H. Cook Goodson Cook