Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Cookingham, Prescott W. March 6, 1889 - 
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     PRESCOTT W. COOKINGHAM.  An experienced, able lawyer, Prescott W. 
Cookingham holds to high standards in the field of professional service and 
upholds the prestige of the Portland bar. During the World war he was in the 
service of his country and takes a prominent part in the affairs of the 
American Legion. He was born March 6, 1889, and is a native of this city. His 
father, Edward Cookingham, located in Portland in 1882 and filled a 
responsible position with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, afterward 
becoming connected with the Commercial National Bank of this city. Later he 
was associated with Ladd & Tilton, well known bankers of Portland, and is now 
vice president of the United States National Bank, one of the city's largest 
and strongest financial institutions. His wife, Gertrude (Whitehouse) 
Cookingham, is a native of Portland and a daughter of B. G. Whitehouse, who 
settled here in 1859.

     In the public schools of the Rose city Prescott W. Cookingham obtained 
his early education and his advanced studies were pursued in Princeton 
University, which awarded him the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1911. He 
next matriculated in the Harvard Law School and was graduated with the class 
of 1914. After his admission to the bar he began the practice of law in 
Portland and was thus engaged until 1917, when he enlisted in the signal corps 
of the United States Army. He was designated for duty in the air service 
department and rose to the rank of captain. On receiving his honorable 
discharge Mr. Cookingham returned to Portland and resumed his professional 
activities. He specializes in corporation law, a subject on which he is 
thoroughly informed, and also manages estates. His clientele is important and 
lucrative and along industrial lines he is director of the Pacific Northwest 
Paper Mills. He is also director and vice president of the Ladd Estate and its 
affiliated companies, and his name likewise appeared on the directorate of the 
Ladd & Tilton Bank before it was acquired by the United States National Bank.

     In 1925 Mr. Cookingham married Miss Mabel Eberts, of Victoria, British 
Columbia, and they have become the parents of a daughter, Diana, who was born 
July 19, 1927. Mr. Cookingham is an adherent of the republican party but has 
never entered the political arena. For two years he was a director of the 
University Club, of which he was secretary for a year, and formerly was a 
director of the Waverley Club. He is a director of the Lake Oswego Country 
Club and also belongs to the Multnomah Athletic Club and the Irvington Club. 
For five years he was state treasurer of the American Legion and served for an 
equal period on the state executive committee of that organization. His 
professional affiliations are with the Multnomah County, Oregon State and 
American Bar Associations. Studious, diligent and painstaking, Mr. Cookingham 
has steadily advanced toward the goal fixed by his ambition, and his personal 
qualities are such as inspire confidence and command respect.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 666-667

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