A very fine gentleman, exploration geologist, and kind human being.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, May 12, 1999
COOK, Annan, 85, geologist, April 23, Arizona.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, May 1999
Annan Cook, 85, long-time Tucson resident and well-known mining geologist, died early Friday morning, April 23, 1999, at La Rosa Healthcare Center after a long illness.
He was born November 13, 1913 at Bwana Mkubwa, Northern Rhodesia, (now Zambia), the third child of James and Eve Rogers Cook. He was the first child of European descent to be born in Northern Rhodesia. His childhood was spent in England and South Africa and Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe. He graduated from Prince Edward High School in Salisbury, now Harare, Southern Rhodesia in 1932.
He attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa and received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from there in 1935. In 1936, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Pembroke College, Oxford, England, where he received a Master of Arts degree in Science in 1938.
He married Nancy Hannah Athol Brown January 6, 1939 in Cape Town, South Africa. Their daughter, Annette was born in 1946.
During and after WWII, Mr. Cook worked for several South African and Canadian mining companies, including Frobisher, Ltd. In 21949, the family emigrated to the United States, where he joined Kennecott Copper Corp; in New York City. He remained wit the company and its subsidiaries in a variety of executive positions until he took early retirement in 1975.
He was an avid golfer, a Master Gardener and volunteer in the training programs for medial students at the University of Arizona.
His wife, Nancy, preceded him in death in August 1998.
He is survived by his daughter, Annette Koonce of Bella Visa, AR, and his granddaughter, Deborah Annette Green and great-grandson, Earl-David Annan Green of Odessa, TX.
Cremation arrangements are through Arizona Mortuary. There will be no funeral service, tut the family ask the memorial donations be sent in Annan's name to the United Cerebral Palsy, 1661 N. Swan Road, Suite 300, Tucson, AZ 85712.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, May 12, 1999
COOK, Annan, 85, geologist, April 23, Arizona.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, May 1999
Annan Cook, 85, long-time Tucson resident and well-known mining geologist, died early Friday morning, April 23, 1999, at La Rosa Healthcare Center after a long illness.
He was born November 13, 1913 at Bwana Mkubwa, Northern Rhodesia, (now Zambia), the third child of James and Eve Rogers Cook. He was the first child of European descent to be born in Northern Rhodesia. His childhood was spent in England and South Africa and Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe. He graduated from Prince Edward High School in Salisbury, now Harare, Southern Rhodesia in 1932.
He attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa and received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from there in 1935. In 1936, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Pembroke College, Oxford, England, where he received a Master of Arts degree in Science in 1938.
He married Nancy Hannah Athol Brown January 6, 1939 in Cape Town, South Africa. Their daughter, Annette was born in 1946.
During and after WWII, Mr. Cook worked for several South African and Canadian mining companies, including Frobisher, Ltd. In 21949, the family emigrated to the United States, where he joined Kennecott Copper Corp; in New York City. He remained wit the company and its subsidiaries in a variety of executive positions until he took early retirement in 1975.
He was an avid golfer, a Master Gardener and volunteer in the training programs for medial students at the University of Arizona.
His wife, Nancy, preceded him in death in August 1998.
He is survived by his daughter, Annette Koonce of Bella Visa, AR, and his granddaughter, Deborah Annette Green and great-grandson, Earl-David Annan Green of Odessa, TX.
Cremation arrangements are through Arizona Mortuary. There will be no funeral service, tut the family ask the memorial donations be sent in Annan's name to the United Cerebral Palsy, 1661 N. Swan Road, Suite 300, Tucson, AZ 85712.
A very fine gentleman, exploration geologist, and kind human being.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, May 12, 1999
COOK, Annan, 85, geologist, April 23, Arizona.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, May 1999
Annan Cook, 85, long-time Tucson resident and well-known mining geologist, died early Friday morning, April 23, 1999, at La Rosa Healthcare Center after a long illness.
He was born November 13, 1913 at Bwana Mkubwa, Northern Rhodesia, (now Zambia), the third child of James and Eve Rogers Cook. He was the first child of European descent to be born in Northern Rhodesia. His childhood was spent in England and South Africa and Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe. He graduated from Prince Edward High School in Salisbury, now Harare, Southern Rhodesia in 1932.
He attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa and received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from there in 1935. In 1936, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Pembroke College, Oxford, England, where he received a Master of Arts degree in Science in 1938.
He married Nancy Hannah Athol Brown January 6, 1939 in Cape Town, South Africa. Their daughter, Annette was born in 1946.
During and after WWII, Mr. Cook worked for several South African and Canadian mining companies, including Frobisher, Ltd. In 21949, the family emigrated to the United States, where he joined Kennecott Copper Corp; in New York City. He remained wit the company and its subsidiaries in a variety of executive positions until he took early retirement in 1975.
He was an avid golfer, a Master Gardener and volunteer in the training programs for medial students at the University of Arizona.
His wife, Nancy, preceded him in death in August 1998.
He is survived by his daughter, Annette Koonce of Bella Visa, AR, and his granddaughter, Deborah Annette Green and great-grandson, Earl-David Annan Green of Odessa, TX.
Cremation arrangements are through Arizona Mortuary. There will be no funeral service, tut the family ask the memorial donations be sent in Annan's name to the United Cerebral Palsy, 1661 N. Swan Road, Suite 300, Tucson, AZ 85712.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, May 12, 1999
COOK, Annan, 85, geologist, April 23, Arizona.
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, May 1999
Annan Cook, 85, long-time Tucson resident and well-known mining geologist, died early Friday morning, April 23, 1999, at La Rosa Healthcare Center after a long illness.
He was born November 13, 1913 at Bwana Mkubwa, Northern Rhodesia, (now Zambia), the third child of James and Eve Rogers Cook. He was the first child of European descent to be born in Northern Rhodesia. His childhood was spent in England and South Africa and Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe. He graduated from Prince Edward High School in Salisbury, now Harare, Southern Rhodesia in 1932.
He attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa and received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from there in 1935. In 1936, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Pembroke College, Oxford, England, where he received a Master of Arts degree in Science in 1938.
He married Nancy Hannah Athol Brown January 6, 1939 in Cape Town, South Africa. Their daughter, Annette was born in 1946.
During and after WWII, Mr. Cook worked for several South African and Canadian mining companies, including Frobisher, Ltd. In 21949, the family emigrated to the United States, where he joined Kennecott Copper Corp; in New York City. He remained wit the company and its subsidiaries in a variety of executive positions until he took early retirement in 1975.
He was an avid golfer, a Master Gardener and volunteer in the training programs for medial students at the University of Arizona.
His wife, Nancy, preceded him in death in August 1998.
He is survived by his daughter, Annette Koonce of Bella Visa, AR, and his granddaughter, Deborah Annette Green and great-grandson, Earl-David Annan Green of Odessa, TX.
Cremation arrangements are through Arizona Mortuary. There will be no funeral service, tut the family ask the memorial donations be sent in Annan's name to the United Cerebral Palsy, 1661 N. Swan Road, Suite 300, Tucson, AZ 85712.
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