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Cookman Institute
Cookman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Brian Cookman (1946–2005), English musician and composer, magazine designer and artist, and tai chi practitioner *Donald Cookman, Democratic politician who served in the West Virginia Senate *George Cookman Sturgiss (1842–1925), lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia *George Grimston Cookman (1801–1841), Methodist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate *John Cookman (1909–1982), American ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics *Joseph Cookman (1899–1944), American journalist, writer, critic and a founder of The Newspaper Guild *William Holmes Cookman (1867–1950), American architect who was an engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad See also *Bethune–Cookman University, private historically black university in Daytona Beach, Florida *Bethune–Cookman Wildcats, college sports teams at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida *List of Bethune-Cookman Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Cookman
Brian Cookman (22 November 1946 – 18 February 2005) was an English musician and composer, magazine designer and artist, and tai chi practitioner. He earned a reputation as one of Britain's finest exponents of Delta blues and jug band music. He carried on a career as a magazine designer in tandem with his musical life. As one of the country's leading magazine designers, he was a pioneer of desktop publishing and also helped to launch ''Rolling Stone'' in the UK. Biography Born Brian Christopher Cookman in India, Cookman and his parents lived there until he was seven. The family moved back to Harrow, Middlesex in 1954. By the age of 14 he was singing and playing guitar singing, as he put it "to appalled American servicemen in a pizza restaurant in rural England for comparatively vast sums of money". While still at school Cookman showed his individuality by taking a rolled-up umbrella with him every morning. After studying graphic design at Harrow School of Art, he went t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Cookman
Donald H. Cookman is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 15 District 15 or 15th district can refer to: U.S. political districts Federal level * Illinois's 15th congressional district * Michigan's 15th congressional district * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district * Ohio's 15th congressional district S ... in 2013 and 2014. He was a circuit court judge for 20 years prior to being appointed to the state senate in January 2013. Election results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cookman, Donald Living people Democratic Party West Virginia state senators Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) People from Romney, West Virginia West Virginia University College of Law alumni West Virginia lawyers West Virginia Mountaineers football players West Virginia circuit court judges 20th-century American judges 21st-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cookman Sturgiss
George Cookman Sturgiss (August 16, 1842 – February 26, 1925) was a lawyer and Republican politician who served as United States Representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. He was a member of the 60th and 61st United States Congresses. Biography Sturgiss was born in Poland, Ohio in Mahoning County and attended country schools. In 1859, he moved to Morgantown, Virginia (now West Virginia). He attended and then taught at Monongalia Academy in Morgantown. He was admitted to the bar in 1863 and entered practice at Morgantown. During the Civil War he served as a clerk under Maj. James V. Boughner, paymaster of United States Volunteers. After the war, he became superintendent of free schools for Monongalia County and served in that capacity from 1865 to 1869. From 1870 to 1872, Sturgiss was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. He then served as prosecuting attorney from 1872 to 1880. He became Republican nominee for Governor in 1880 but lost to Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Grimston Cookman
George Grimston Cookman (October 21, 1800 – March 12, 1841) was a Methodist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate. George Grimston Cookman was born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, on October 21, 1800, to George and Mary Cookman. He joined a Methodist society in 1820 and in 1821 he visited the United States for the first time, on business for his father. Later, upon the advice of minister friends, he determined to go to the United States to minister. He boarded the ''Orient'' on March 28, 1825, landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, May 16, 1825. During his months at sea he read Bishop Watson's Apologies, Mason on Self-Knowledge, Jenyn's Views of the Internal Evidences of Christianity, Lord Lyttleton's Arguments for Christianity, Baxter's Gildas Salvianus and Saint's Rest, and Butler's Analogy, while proselytizing to the seamen on board. Ministry His first year in the United States, he served St. George’s Church in Philadelphia. In 1826 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cookman
John Emory Cookman (September 2, 1909 – August 19, 1982) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics, playing five matches and scoring two goals. The American ice hockey team won the silver medal that year. He graduated from Yale in 1931, and later became the CFO of Philip Morris USA. He was born in Englewood, New Jersey and died in Plattsburgh, New York Plattsburgh ( moh, Tsi ietsénhtha) is a city in, and the seat of, Clinton County, New York, United States, situated on the north-western shore of Lake Champlain. The population was 19,841 at the 2020 census. The population of the surrounding .... References External links * 1909 births 1982 deaths American men's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players from New Jersey Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Sportspeople from Englewood, New Jersey {{US-iceh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cookman
Joseph Cookman (February 6, 1899 – August 12, 1944) was an American journalist, critic and a founder of The Newspaper Guild. Life and career Early life Born in 1899, in Batley, England, Joseph was the oldest of three children born to John and Ada (née Pattison) Cookman. In 1907, John, the son of a Methodist minister, was sent to Canada with his young wife Ada and two of his three young kids (the youngest child Hannah, was too sick to make the journey at the time) and became a remittance man. Shortly after they arrived, John died of appendicitis. With no money nor means to support herself, Ada put her son Joe in an orphanage at the age of 8. Subsequently, his mother got a job keeping house for a Walter Bowen and moved to his farm on Bowen-Eldridge Road in Fillmore, New York. Joe Cookman was retrieved from the orphanage and went to live with his mother and sister Grace in New York. Ada and Walter eventually would marry. Cookman graduated from a one-room school house in rura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Holmes Cookman
William Holmes Cookman (1867–1950) was an American architect who was a staff architect and engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad from about 1894 to the 1930s. Cookman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1887. He was listed in Philadelphia city directories as a salesman or an artist from 1887 to 1890, and from 1891 to 1893 as a draftsman. From 1894 through 1930 he was listed as an architect. He began working for the Pennsylvania Railroad by 1901. He became a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1912. Cookman was a member of the American Railway Engineering Association, and served on the Association's Standing Committee VI. Buildings in 1914. Works * Chester Station, 6th & Welsh Streets, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1903 * Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Dover, Delaware, 1911 * Greensburg Station, Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, Pennsylvania,1912 *Pennsylvania Railroad North Philadelphia Station, Philadelphia (remod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethune–Cookman University
Bethune–Cookman University (BCU or Bethune–Cookman) is a Private university, private Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune–Cookman University is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The primary administration building, White Hall (Daytona Beach, Florida), White Hall, and the Mary McLeod Bethune Home are in the National Register of Historic Places. History Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in 1904. The first students met in the home of John Henry and Alice Smith Williams. The school underwent growth and development through the years. In 1923, it merged with the Cookman Institute of Jacksonville, Florida, founded in 1872, and became a co-ed high school. Bethune-Cookman College is a result of the merger in 1923 of the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Girls, founded in 1904 by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and Cookman Institu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethune–Cookman Wildcats
The Bethune–Cookman Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Bethune–Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference and participates in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).. Bethune–Cookman fields 15 teams, 7 men's and 8 women's, and have won 31 MEAC titles; 14 in baseball, 1 in bowling, 1 in men's cross country, 2 in women's cross country, 3 in football, 2 in women's indoor track and field, 6 in softball and 2 in women's tennis in history of their athletic program. Baseball Athletic Director Lynn W. Thompson announced on July 26, 2011 that Jason Beverlin, the pitching coach at Tennessee for the past two seasons, would become the Wildcats' new head baseball coach. Beverlin replaced Mervyl Melendez. Under Melendez, the baseball team had achieved success, including five consecutive MEAC championships from 2000–2004, and six more from 2006–2011. In 2006, one of his players was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bethune-Cookman University Alumni
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