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Ernest J. Cook was born 1930, in New Orleans.
He is married to Patricia Smith Cook, M. D. Cook served in U. S. Air
Force, 1955 - 57 and attained rank of captain. He served in Northeast Air
Command in Greenland. Ernest graduated from Jesuit High School, LSU and
Loyola University, where he received a degree in dentistry. He is a member
of St. Maria Goretti parish. |
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Ernest practices dentistry in Metairie. Besides membership in
professional organizations, Dr. Cook also has served as president of the
Spring Lake Home Owners Association and as a board member of the New
Orleans Association for Retarded Children and the Louisiana Association
for Retarded Citizens.
Cook's father was a member of New Orleans Council
714, and his uncle Fred Cook was the second grand knight of Archbishop
Blenk Council 1905. Cook's friend Donald Schultz recruited him for
Cardinal Gibbons Council 2918 in 1957. Cook served as recorder and
chancellor, and from 1964 - 66 held the post of grand knight. Dr. Cook has
functioned as state and supreme convention chairman, co-chairman of Y.E.P.,
general program chairman, state council activity chairman, and district
deputy, as well as state treasurer and secretary. Following an outstanding
two year administration as state deputy, he became a member of the Supreme
Council's board of directors in 1985. That same year, he was appointed
Vice Supreme Master of Bienville Province of the Fourth Degree: He became
a Knight of St. Gregory the Great in February, 1989.
"For me, the experience of winning the national membership award for
our division was the highlight of my administration. It vas the first time
in our jurisdiction's history that we came out first, winning with a 4.81
percent increase in membership. Receiving an all expenses paid trip to
Ireland as part of the win also was exciting. An important moment for me
as a Catholic and a knight was receiving Holy Communion from Pope, John
Paul II at the Papal Mass held in New Orleans in September, 1987."
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