Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Cooke, George Paul December 2, 1881 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, published by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

GEORGE PAUL COOKE, Rancher. Combining an interest in agriculture with 
political service to the Territory, George P. Cooke, son of the late Charles 
Montague Cooke and Anna Charlotte (Rice) Cooke, has shaped his own career in 
Hawaii. Mr. Cooke is the grandson of Amos Starr Cooke, early missionary and 
merchant, and one of the founders of Castle & Cooke.
  Born in Honolulu, Dec. 2, 1881, Mr. Cooke attended Yale University after 
preliminary schooling in Honolulu. He received his B.A. degree in 1905, 
returning to Honolulu to take the position of stock and bond clerk for the 
Hawaiian Trust Co., Ltd., continuing with that institution until 1908. At that 
time he became bookkeeper for the American Sugar Co., Ltd., and Molokai Ranch. 
Shortly afterwards he was made manager of the sugar company and ranch, 
continuing in those positions until 1918, when he was made president. Mr. 
Cooke has homes at Kaunakakai, Molokai, where he has continued his ranching 
interests, and in Honolulu.
  He was first in the movement to make the island of Molokai a source of food 
supply for Honolulu. He established a model dairy ranch at Mapulehu, Molokai, 
in 1920, and constructed the “Leleiona,” a motor propelled boat of the sampan 
type, with which deliveries of dairy produce were made to Honolulu, proving 
beyond question his theory that such an undertaking is feasible.
  In 1921 Mr. Cooke became executive officer of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, 
established by act of Congress to direct the rehabilitation of the Hawaiian 
race, and continued that work until the autumn of 1924, when he resigned 
because of pressure of business affairs.
  Mr. Cooke was a Representative from Maui to the Legislature, 1911 to 1913, 
and was a Senator from Maui, 1917 to 1919. During the World War he served as a 
volunteer aide of the Naval Intelligence Bureau.
  He married Sophie Boyd Judd, daughter of the late Chief Justice A. F. Judd, 
in Honolulu, April 4, 1906. They have six children, Dora, George Paul, Jr., 
Francis Judd, Thomas Hastings, Stephen Montague and Phoebe Cooke. Mr. Cooke 
was president of the Hawaii Tuna Club in 1917. He is a member of the Maui 
Chamber of Commerce, Y.M.C.A., Maui Aid Board, University and Commercial Clubs.


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