Funeral for Prescott Whitehouse Cookingham, a Portland lawyer since 1914, will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Riverview Cemetery chapel.
Mr. Cookingham, who lived at 6530 SW 30th Ave., was born in Portland and died in a local convalescent hospital Wednesday at age 86.
He was educated at Portland Academy; Princeton University, where he was a member of the varsity crew; and Harvard Law School, where he was on the Review staff. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa scholastic honorary fraternity.
During World War I Mr. Cookingham served in the Army, emerging as a captain. He had served as general counsel for the Ladd and Tilton Bank (Which merged with U.S. National bank in 1925); Ladd Estate Co., which was a developer of Lake Oswego; Oregon Portland Cement Co.; Portland Woolen Mills, and Phillips Screw Co.
At one time, when Mr. Cookingham served on 26 corporate boards, Time magazine termed him one of the busiest men in America.
Surviving Mr. Cookingham are his wife Mabel; two daughters, Diana Cookingham of Menlo Park, Calif., and Cynthia C. Campbell of Corona, Calif.; one brother, Holt W. of Gerhart; and one granddaughter.
[The Oregonian, 9 Jan 1976, p39]
Son of Edward Cookingham & Gertrude Whitehouse
Mr. Cookingham, who lived at 6530 SW 30th Ave., was born in Portland and died in a local convalescent hospital Wednesday at age 86.
He was educated at Portland Academy; Princeton University, where he was a member of the varsity crew; and Harvard Law School, where he was on the Review staff. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa scholastic honorary fraternity.
During World War I Mr. Cookingham served in the Army, emerging as a captain. He had served as general counsel for the Ladd and Tilton Bank (Which merged with U.S. National bank in 1925); Ladd Estate Co., which was a developer of Lake Oswego; Oregon Portland Cement Co.; Portland Woolen Mills, and Phillips Screw Co.
At one time, when Mr. Cookingham served on 26 corporate boards, Time magazine termed him one of the busiest men in America.
Surviving Mr. Cookingham are his wife Mabel; two daughters, Diana Cookingham of Menlo Park, Calif., and Cynthia C. Campbell of Corona, Calif.; one brother, Holt W. of Gerhart; and one granddaughter.
[The Oregonian, 9 Jan 1976, p39]
Son of Edward Cookingham & Gertrude Whitehouse
Funeral for Prescott Whitehouse Cookingham, a Portland lawyer since 1914, will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Riverview Cemetery chapel.
Mr. Cookingham, who lived at 6530 SW 30th Ave., was born in Portland and died in a local convalescent hospital Wednesday at age 86.
He was educated at Portland Academy; Princeton University, where he was a member of the varsity crew; and Harvard Law School, where he was on the Review staff. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa scholastic honorary fraternity.
During World War I Mr. Cookingham served in the Army, emerging as a captain. He had served as general counsel for the Ladd and Tilton Bank (Which merged with U.S. National bank in 1925); Ladd Estate Co., which was a developer of Lake Oswego; Oregon Portland Cement Co.; Portland Woolen Mills, and Phillips Screw Co.
At one time, when Mr. Cookingham served on 26 corporate boards, Time magazine termed him one of the busiest men in America.
Surviving Mr. Cookingham are his wife Mabel; two daughters, Diana Cookingham of Menlo Park, Calif., and Cynthia C. Campbell of Corona, Calif.; one brother, Holt W. of Gerhart; and one granddaughter.
[The Oregonian, 9 Jan 1976, p39]
Son of Edward Cookingham & Gertrude Whitehouse
Mr. Cookingham, who lived at 6530 SW 30th Ave., was born in Portland and died in a local convalescent hospital Wednesday at age 86.
He was educated at Portland Academy; Princeton University, where he was a member of the varsity crew; and Harvard Law School, where he was on the Review staff. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa scholastic honorary fraternity.
During World War I Mr. Cookingham served in the Army, emerging as a captain. He had served as general counsel for the Ladd and Tilton Bank (Which merged with U.S. National bank in 1925); Ladd Estate Co., which was a developer of Lake Oswego; Oregon Portland Cement Co.; Portland Woolen Mills, and Phillips Screw Co.
At one time, when Mr. Cookingham served on 26 corporate boards, Time magazine termed him one of the busiest men in America.
Surviving Mr. Cookingham are his wife Mabel; two daughters, Diana Cookingham of Menlo Park, Calif., and Cynthia C. Campbell of Corona, Calif.; one brother, Holt W. of Gerhart; and one granddaughter.
[The Oregonian, 9 Jan 1976, p39]
Son of Edward Cookingham & Gertrude Whitehouse
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