Leelanau County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Cochran, Philip Lee 
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Cemetery:           Maple Grove - Empire
Name:               Philip Lee Cochran

Date Of Photograph: September 26, 2006
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Philip Lee Cochran   b. 10 Feb. 1917   d. 28 Feb. 2001
CAPT.  US MARINE CORPS
WORLD WAR II
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Social Security Death Index
Philip L. Cochran 
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX  
Last Residence: 49636  Glen Arbor, Leelanau, Michigan, United States of America 
Born: 10 Feb 1917 
Died: 28 Feb 2001 
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951 ) 
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U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2006 
Philip Lee Cochran 
Service Info.: CAPT US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II  
Birth Date: 10 Feb 1917 
Death Date: 28 Feb 2001 
Cemetery: Maple Grove Cemetery of Empire  
Cemetery Address: Empire, MI 49630  
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TRAVERSE  CITY  RECORD  EAGLE --- 2 Mar. 2002
GLEN ARBOR - Philip L. Cochran passed peacefully on Wednesday surrounded by his 
wife and children. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, community 
and civic leader, and educator (in the truest sense), bringing wisdom, joy, and 
integrity to everyone he touched.
      Phil and his parents moved to Hinsdale, Ill. from LeRoy, N.Y. in 1933 and 
remained there until his retirement in 1982 when he moved to Glen Arbor.
      In Hinsdale, Phil was a 15-year member of the Vestry of Grace Episcopal 
Church, President of the Hinsdale Community House, a member of the Plan 
Commission of Hinsdale, and founding President of the Veterans' Civic 
Association, later becoming The Committee of One Hundred, a co-founder and 
Director of the Graue Mill Historical Museum, and a member of the Board of 
Governors of the Hinsdale Golf Club.
      In Chicago, Mr. Cochran was President of The Chicago Lighthouse for the 
Blind, President of United Charities of Chicago, a Director of the Chicago 
Chapter of the American Red Cross, Vice-President of the Economic Club of 
Chicago, Vice-President of the University Club of Chicago, a member of the 
Commercial Club of Chicago, and a Life Trustee of George Williams College.
      Mr. Cochran's entire business career was spent with what had originally 
been W. A. Alexander & Co., at the time Chicago's largest insurance brokerage 
concern, which later became Corroon and Black Corporation. Mr. Cochran started 
as a mail clerk and rose to become Chairman and CEO. Concurrently, he served as 
Senior Vice-President and a member of the Board of Directors of Corroon and 
Black Corporation of New York and served on its Executive Committee. He was 
President of the National Association of Casualty and Surety Agents, and a 
Director of Automatic Screw Machine Products Co., Chicago and Decatur, Ala., 
Clark Equipment Company, Niles, and Del Webb Corporation, Phoenix, Ariz.
      Mr. Cochran was a graduate of Williams College and Secretary of the Class 
of 1938.
      In the Traverse City area, Mr. Cochran was President of the Traverse 
Symphony Orchestra, President of the Economic Club of Traverse City, President 
of the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, and founding Chairman of 
the International Affairs Forum. He was a member of the Corporate Board of 
Munson Medical Center and of the Foundation Board of Northwestern Michigan 
College. He was a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals of Glen Arbor Township. 
He was a Trustee at The Leelanau School for over 20 years, a part-time teacher 
and was its Chairman Emeritus and a Life Trustee.
      During World War II, he served in the Second Marine Division in the 
Guadalcanal campaign, later serving on the staff of the Commandant of the U.S. 
Marine Corps and as an instructor at the Marine Corps School in Quantico, Va. 
He retired from the Marine Corps with the rank of Major.
      He is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, Grace Clement Newcomb; 
four children, Philip Lee Cochran, Jr., George Newcomb Cochran, Corinne Cochran 
and Annabel Cochran Moore; a son-in-law, Robert Joseph Moore; two daughters-in-
law, Eileen Laferty Cochran and Barbara Doepke Cochran; 12 grandchildren, 
Philip Lee Cochran III, Courtney Cochran, Kelsey Ann Cochran, Brooks Benton 
Cochran, Matthew Drake Cochran, Andrew Chapin Cochran, Peter Austin Moore, 
Taylor Cochran Moore, Charles Frederick Cochran, Samuel Thorpe Cochran, Haley 
Moore, and Melissa Moore; four "granddogs," Cecil, Iris Rose, Chloe, and 
Guinness; and countless wonderful friends.
      A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday at 3 p.m. in the 
Student Center of The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor.
      Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to The Leelanau School or 
the charity of your choice.


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