Amory J. "Jack" Cooke; Former Hearst Corporation Board Member & Vice President, Dead at 83
PUBLISHED ON 09.16.2008
NEW YORK, September 16, 2008 — Amory J. "Jack" Cooke, a former member of the Board of Directors of Hearst Corporation, who retired in 1998 as vice president and general manager of the Corporation's Sunical Land & Livestock and San Francisco Realties divisions, died today in Templeton, Calif., following a long illness. He was 83.
Cooke was elected a member of Hearst Corporation's Board of Directors and named vice president on December 5, 1963. For 35 years, Cooke managed the Company's extensive ranching and timber operations in California - including the historic 83,000-acre Hearst Ranch and the 65,000-acre Jack Ranch - as well as Hearst's commercial real estate interests in San Francisco. He also represented Hearst with its final mining holding, the San Luis Mining Co.
"Jack Cooke served as an operating executive of Hearst Corporation and ably managed the Company's western properties for many years," said Frank A. Bennack, Jr., vice chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation. "He will be fondly remembered as a person who loved the fact that Hearst had its roots in mining and the great western out of doors. He will be missed."
Said George R. Hearst, Jr., chairman of the Board of Hearst Corporation, "At core, Jack was a cattleman, a cowboy and ranch operator. He was not only my brother-in-law but my good friend for half a century."
Cooke was married to Phoebe Hearst Cooke, George R. Hearst, Jr.'s twin sister.
Cooke began his career as a cattle buyer for Swift & Company. He became a rancher in Arizona and Colorado before moving into the management of the ranching, farming, timber, mining and real estate interests of Hearst Corporation.
He was a director of the California Cattleman's Association as well as a member of the Rancheros Visitadores of Santa Barbara, Pacific Union Club of San Francisco and National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Cooke also founded the Junior Grand National Foundation, a competitive event for youths from 4-H and FFA groups to show the animals they raised.
Cooke is survived by his spouse, Phoebe Hearst Cooke, and Phoebe Hearst Cooke's daughter, Phoebe Tovrea Lipari, and grandson, Kristopher Jay Lipari.
PUBLISHED ON 09.16.2008
NEW YORK, September 16, 2008 — Amory J. "Jack" Cooke, a former member of the Board of Directors of Hearst Corporation, who retired in 1998 as vice president and general manager of the Corporation's Sunical Land & Livestock and San Francisco Realties divisions, died today in Templeton, Calif., following a long illness. He was 83.
Cooke was elected a member of Hearst Corporation's Board of Directors and named vice president on December 5, 1963. For 35 years, Cooke managed the Company's extensive ranching and timber operations in California - including the historic 83,000-acre Hearst Ranch and the 65,000-acre Jack Ranch - as well as Hearst's commercial real estate interests in San Francisco. He also represented Hearst with its final mining holding, the San Luis Mining Co.
"Jack Cooke served as an operating executive of Hearst Corporation and ably managed the Company's western properties for many years," said Frank A. Bennack, Jr., vice chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation. "He will be fondly remembered as a person who loved the fact that Hearst had its roots in mining and the great western out of doors. He will be missed."
Said George R. Hearst, Jr., chairman of the Board of Hearst Corporation, "At core, Jack was a cattleman, a cowboy and ranch operator. He was not only my brother-in-law but my good friend for half a century."
Cooke was married to Phoebe Hearst Cooke, George R. Hearst, Jr.'s twin sister.
Cooke began his career as a cattle buyer for Swift & Company. He became a rancher in Arizona and Colorado before moving into the management of the ranching, farming, timber, mining and real estate interests of Hearst Corporation.
He was a director of the California Cattleman's Association as well as a member of the Rancheros Visitadores of Santa Barbara, Pacific Union Club of San Francisco and National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Cooke also founded the Junior Grand National Foundation, a competitive event for youths from 4-H and FFA groups to show the animals they raised.
Cooke is survived by his spouse, Phoebe Hearst Cooke, and Phoebe Hearst Cooke's daughter, Phoebe Tovrea Lipari, and grandson, Kristopher Jay Lipari.
Amory J. "Jack" Cooke; Former Hearst Corporation Board Member & Vice President, Dead at 83
PUBLISHED ON 09.16.2008
NEW YORK, September 16, 2008 — Amory J. "Jack" Cooke, a former member of the Board of Directors of Hearst Corporation, who retired in 1998 as vice president and general manager of the Corporation's Sunical Land & Livestock and San Francisco Realties divisions, died today in Templeton, Calif., following a long illness. He was 83.
Cooke was elected a member of Hearst Corporation's Board of Directors and named vice president on December 5, 1963. For 35 years, Cooke managed the Company's extensive ranching and timber operations in California - including the historic 83,000-acre Hearst Ranch and the 65,000-acre Jack Ranch - as well as Hearst's commercial real estate interests in San Francisco. He also represented Hearst with its final mining holding, the San Luis Mining Co.
"Jack Cooke served as an operating executive of Hearst Corporation and ably managed the Company's western properties for many years," said Frank A. Bennack, Jr., vice chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation. "He will be fondly remembered as a person who loved the fact that Hearst had its roots in mining and the great western out of doors. He will be missed."
Said George R. Hearst, Jr., chairman of the Board of Hearst Corporation, "At core, Jack was a cattleman, a cowboy and ranch operator. He was not only my brother-in-law but my good friend for half a century."
Cooke was married to Phoebe Hearst Cooke, George R. Hearst, Jr.'s twin sister.
Cooke began his career as a cattle buyer for Swift & Company. He became a rancher in Arizona and Colorado before moving into the management of the ranching, farming, timber, mining and real estate interests of Hearst Corporation.
He was a director of the California Cattleman's Association as well as a member of the Rancheros Visitadores of Santa Barbara, Pacific Union Club of San Francisco and National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Cooke also founded the Junior Grand National Foundation, a competitive event for youths from 4-H and FFA groups to show the animals they raised.
Cooke is survived by his spouse, Phoebe Hearst Cooke, and Phoebe Hearst Cooke's daughter, Phoebe Tovrea Lipari, and grandson, Kristopher Jay Lipari.
PUBLISHED ON 09.16.2008
NEW YORK, September 16, 2008 — Amory J. "Jack" Cooke, a former member of the Board of Directors of Hearst Corporation, who retired in 1998 as vice president and general manager of the Corporation's Sunical Land & Livestock and San Francisco Realties divisions, died today in Templeton, Calif., following a long illness. He was 83.
Cooke was elected a member of Hearst Corporation's Board of Directors and named vice president on December 5, 1963. For 35 years, Cooke managed the Company's extensive ranching and timber operations in California - including the historic 83,000-acre Hearst Ranch and the 65,000-acre Jack Ranch - as well as Hearst's commercial real estate interests in San Francisco. He also represented Hearst with its final mining holding, the San Luis Mining Co.
"Jack Cooke served as an operating executive of Hearst Corporation and ably managed the Company's western properties for many years," said Frank A. Bennack, Jr., vice chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation. "He will be fondly remembered as a person who loved the fact that Hearst had its roots in mining and the great western out of doors. He will be missed."
Said George R. Hearst, Jr., chairman of the Board of Hearst Corporation, "At core, Jack was a cattleman, a cowboy and ranch operator. He was not only my brother-in-law but my good friend for half a century."
Cooke was married to Phoebe Hearst Cooke, George R. Hearst, Jr.'s twin sister.
Cooke began his career as a cattle buyer for Swift & Company. He became a rancher in Arizona and Colorado before moving into the management of the ranching, farming, timber, mining and real estate interests of Hearst Corporation.
He was a director of the California Cattleman's Association as well as a member of the Rancheros Visitadores of Santa Barbara, Pacific Union Club of San Francisco and National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Cooke also founded the Junior Grand National Foundation, a competitive event for youths from 4-H and FFA groups to show the animals they raised.
Cooke is survived by his spouse, Phoebe Hearst Cooke, and Phoebe Hearst Cooke's daughter, Phoebe Tovrea Lipari, and grandson, Kristopher Jay Lipari.
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