John T. Cook Jr. passed tranquilly and absent of discomfort early Wednesday morning, May 25, 2005.
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Wheeler-Smith Mortuary of San Luis Obispo, 2890 S. Higuera St.
Born in Springfield, Ill., March 31, 1941, to J.T. and Grace Cook, John lived in New Mexico and Oregon before moving to California and settling in San Luis Obispo in 1960.
Well- and broadly educated and devoted personally, professionally and ideologically to the lifelong education and betterment of both himself and others, John received his bachelor's in social sciences in 1963, his master's in education and social sciences in 1967 and an additional masters in counseling in 1975, each from Cal Poly. Further, He received his education doctorate in secondary and higher education from Brigham Young University in 1979. He was additionally credentialed in secondary teaching, pupil personnel and junior college counseling.
John was an English Department chair and taught English at San Luis Obispo High School, San Luis Obispo Junior High School and Laguna Junior High School from 1966 to '82. He was the principal of Pacific Beach Continuation High School from 1983 to '89.
More significantly, John was also the director of community, career and adult education from 1982 to 2000, with adjunct interests in collective bargaining, staff development programs, media and public relations, employee relations and recognition, the regional occupational program and career/vocational education and strategic planning.
John also worked as an assistant professor of education at Chapman University's Santa Maria branch from 2000 and served as a labor relations administrator from 2002, specializing in collective bargaining, contract management, personnel law and school finance for Schools Legal Service through the Kern County Office of Education of Bakersfield until his passing.
John was additionally trained in both curriculum and instruction labor and contract negotiations through the Harvard University Program on Negotiations, Human Effectiveness and Growth, as well as strategic planning through the National Academy for School Executives and, finally, administration and management through both Selection Research Inc. and the Association of California School Administrators.
John's numerous ACSA honors included the Outstanding Service Award, Administrative Excellence Award, Adult Education Administrator of the Year and President of the ACSA San Luis Obispo County Charter. Moreover, for ACSA Region 13, John twice received the Adult Education Administrator of the Year Award and also presided as the region's president on top of being both a regional and state member of the ACSA Board of Directors.
A private entity in character, John was the embodiment of grace, dignity, humility, compassion, intelligence, selflessness, warmth, subtle humor and wisdom.
John was profoundly loved by all who knew him and possessed the matchless talent of aiding others in seeing and fore-grounding the positivity and worth they could often not recognize in themselves. His inherent modesty may have prevented his own discernment of how many lives he impacted, bettered and transformed
A glowing father, devoted husband and a sensationally adept educator, John is survived by his wife, Bertha W. Cook; son and only child, Matthew S. Cook; Matthew?s mother, Phyllis R. Cook; sister, Marilyn Hunter, and her children, Patti Evans-Hunter and Tom and Andrew Hunter; sister, Sharon Cook, and her children, Bob, John and Eric
San Luis Obispo County Tribune on Jun. 1, 2005.
Contributor: Pam
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Wheeler-Smith Mortuary of San Luis Obispo, 2890 S. Higuera St.
Born in Springfield, Ill., March 31, 1941, to J.T. and Grace Cook, John lived in New Mexico and Oregon before moving to California and settling in San Luis Obispo in 1960.
Well- and broadly educated and devoted personally, professionally and ideologically to the lifelong education and betterment of both himself and others, John received his bachelor's in social sciences in 1963, his master's in education and social sciences in 1967 and an additional masters in counseling in 1975, each from Cal Poly. Further, He received his education doctorate in secondary and higher education from Brigham Young University in 1979. He was additionally credentialed in secondary teaching, pupil personnel and junior college counseling.
John was an English Department chair and taught English at San Luis Obispo High School, San Luis Obispo Junior High School and Laguna Junior High School from 1966 to '82. He was the principal of Pacific Beach Continuation High School from 1983 to '89.
More significantly, John was also the director of community, career and adult education from 1982 to 2000, with adjunct interests in collective bargaining, staff development programs, media and public relations, employee relations and recognition, the regional occupational program and career/vocational education and strategic planning.
John also worked as an assistant professor of education at Chapman University's Santa Maria branch from 2000 and served as a labor relations administrator from 2002, specializing in collective bargaining, contract management, personnel law and school finance for Schools Legal Service through the Kern County Office of Education of Bakersfield until his passing.
John was additionally trained in both curriculum and instruction labor and contract negotiations through the Harvard University Program on Negotiations, Human Effectiveness and Growth, as well as strategic planning through the National Academy for School Executives and, finally, administration and management through both Selection Research Inc. and the Association of California School Administrators.
John's numerous ACSA honors included the Outstanding Service Award, Administrative Excellence Award, Adult Education Administrator of the Year and President of the ACSA San Luis Obispo County Charter. Moreover, for ACSA Region 13, John twice received the Adult Education Administrator of the Year Award and also presided as the region's president on top of being both a regional and state member of the ACSA Board of Directors.
A private entity in character, John was the embodiment of grace, dignity, humility, compassion, intelligence, selflessness, warmth, subtle humor and wisdom.
John was profoundly loved by all who knew him and possessed the matchless talent of aiding others in seeing and fore-grounding the positivity and worth they could often not recognize in themselves. His inherent modesty may have prevented his own discernment of how many lives he impacted, bettered and transformed
A glowing father, devoted husband and a sensationally adept educator, John is survived by his wife, Bertha W. Cook; son and only child, Matthew S. Cook; Matthew?s mother, Phyllis R. Cook; sister, Marilyn Hunter, and her children, Patti Evans-Hunter and Tom and Andrew Hunter; sister, Sharon Cook, and her children, Bob, John and Eric
San Luis Obispo County Tribune on Jun. 1, 2005.
Contributor: Pam
John T. Cook Jr. passed tranquilly and absent of discomfort early Wednesday morning, May 25, 2005.
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Wheeler-Smith Mortuary of San Luis Obispo, 2890 S. Higuera St.
Born in Springfield, Ill., March 31, 1941, to J.T. and Grace Cook, John lived in New Mexico and Oregon before moving to California and settling in San Luis Obispo in 1960.
Well- and broadly educated and devoted personally, professionally and ideologically to the lifelong education and betterment of both himself and others, John received his bachelor's in social sciences in 1963, his master's in education and social sciences in 1967 and an additional masters in counseling in 1975, each from Cal Poly. Further, He received his education doctorate in secondary and higher education from Brigham Young University in 1979. He was additionally credentialed in secondary teaching, pupil personnel and junior college counseling.
John was an English Department chair and taught English at San Luis Obispo High School, San Luis Obispo Junior High School and Laguna Junior High School from 1966 to '82. He was the principal of Pacific Beach Continuation High School from 1983 to '89.
More significantly, John was also the director of community, career and adult education from 1982 to 2000, with adjunct interests in collective bargaining, staff development programs, media and public relations, employee relations and recognition, the regional occupational program and career/vocational education and strategic planning.
John also worked as an assistant professor of education at Chapman University's Santa Maria branch from 2000 and served as a labor relations administrator from 2002, specializing in collective bargaining, contract management, personnel law and school finance for Schools Legal Service through the Kern County Office of Education of Bakersfield until his passing.
John was additionally trained in both curriculum and instruction labor and contract negotiations through the Harvard University Program on Negotiations, Human Effectiveness and Growth, as well as strategic planning through the National Academy for School Executives and, finally, administration and management through both Selection Research Inc. and the Association of California School Administrators.
John's numerous ACSA honors included the Outstanding Service Award, Administrative Excellence Award, Adult Education Administrator of the Year and President of the ACSA San Luis Obispo County Charter. Moreover, for ACSA Region 13, John twice received the Adult Education Administrator of the Year Award and also presided as the region's president on top of being both a regional and state member of the ACSA Board of Directors.
A private entity in character, John was the embodiment of grace, dignity, humility, compassion, intelligence, selflessness, warmth, subtle humor and wisdom.
John was profoundly loved by all who knew him and possessed the matchless talent of aiding others in seeing and fore-grounding the positivity and worth they could often not recognize in themselves. His inherent modesty may have prevented his own discernment of how many lives he impacted, bettered and transformed
A glowing father, devoted husband and a sensationally adept educator, John is survived by his wife, Bertha W. Cook; son and only child, Matthew S. Cook; Matthew?s mother, Phyllis R. Cook; sister, Marilyn Hunter, and her children, Patti Evans-Hunter and Tom and Andrew Hunter; sister, Sharon Cook, and her children, Bob, John and Eric
San Luis Obispo County Tribune on Jun. 1, 2005.
Contributor: Pam
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Wheeler-Smith Mortuary of San Luis Obispo, 2890 S. Higuera St.
Born in Springfield, Ill., March 31, 1941, to J.T. and Grace Cook, John lived in New Mexico and Oregon before moving to California and settling in San Luis Obispo in 1960.
Well- and broadly educated and devoted personally, professionally and ideologically to the lifelong education and betterment of both himself and others, John received his bachelor's in social sciences in 1963, his master's in education and social sciences in 1967 and an additional masters in counseling in 1975, each from Cal Poly. Further, He received his education doctorate in secondary and higher education from Brigham Young University in 1979. He was additionally credentialed in secondary teaching, pupil personnel and junior college counseling.
John was an English Department chair and taught English at San Luis Obispo High School, San Luis Obispo Junior High School and Laguna Junior High School from 1966 to '82. He was the principal of Pacific Beach Continuation High School from 1983 to '89.
More significantly, John was also the director of community, career and adult education from 1982 to 2000, with adjunct interests in collective bargaining, staff development programs, media and public relations, employee relations and recognition, the regional occupational program and career/vocational education and strategic planning.
John also worked as an assistant professor of education at Chapman University's Santa Maria branch from 2000 and served as a labor relations administrator from 2002, specializing in collective bargaining, contract management, personnel law and school finance for Schools Legal Service through the Kern County Office of Education of Bakersfield until his passing.
John was additionally trained in both curriculum and instruction labor and contract negotiations through the Harvard University Program on Negotiations, Human Effectiveness and Growth, as well as strategic planning through the National Academy for School Executives and, finally, administration and management through both Selection Research Inc. and the Association of California School Administrators.
John's numerous ACSA honors included the Outstanding Service Award, Administrative Excellence Award, Adult Education Administrator of the Year and President of the ACSA San Luis Obispo County Charter. Moreover, for ACSA Region 13, John twice received the Adult Education Administrator of the Year Award and also presided as the region's president on top of being both a regional and state member of the ACSA Board of Directors.
A private entity in character, John was the embodiment of grace, dignity, humility, compassion, intelligence, selflessness, warmth, subtle humor and wisdom.
John was profoundly loved by all who knew him and possessed the matchless talent of aiding others in seeing and fore-grounding the positivity and worth they could often not recognize in themselves. His inherent modesty may have prevented his own discernment of how many lives he impacted, bettered and transformed
A glowing father, devoted husband and a sensationally adept educator, John is survived by his wife, Bertha W. Cook; son and only child, Matthew S. Cook; Matthew?s mother, Phyllis R. Cook; sister, Marilyn Hunter, and her children, Patti Evans-Hunter and Tom and Andrew Hunter; sister, Sharon Cook, and her children, Bob, John and Eric
San Luis Obispo County Tribune on Jun. 1, 2005.
Contributor: Pam
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