Bill Text: IN HCR0037 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Cook Inc. on its 50th anniversary.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 60-23)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-02 - Representatives Bacon, Baird, Bartlett, Battles, Bauer, Behning, Braun, C. Brown, T. Brown, Burton, Candelaria Reardon, Carbaugh, Cherry, Clere, Crouch, Culver, Davis, Davisson, DeLaney, Dermody, DeVon, Eberhart, Forestal, Friend, Frizzell, Frye, GiaQuinta, Goodin, Gutwein, Hale, Hamm, Harman, Harris, Heuer, Huston, Karickhoff, Kersey, Kirchhofer, Klinker, Lehe, Leonard, Macer, Mahan, Mayfield, McMillin, Messmer, Moed, Morrison, Neese, Negele, Niemeyer, Niezgodski, Ober, Pelath, Pond, Price, Pryor, Richardson, Riecken, Saunders, Shackleford, Smaltz, M. Smith, Soliday, Speedy, Stemler, Steuerwald, Thompson, Torr, Turner, VanNatter, Washburne, Zent and Ziemke added as coauthors [HCR0037 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HCR0037-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. ________
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the 50th anniversary of Cook Incorporated and the many contributions made to the people of Indiana, the United States, and the world by the Cook Group companies and their founding family, Bill, Gayle, and Carl Cook.
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RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the 50th anniversary
of Cook Incorporated and the many contributions made to the people
of Indiana, the United States, and the world by the Cook Group
companies and their founding family, Bill, Gayle, and Carl Cook.
Whereas, The late Bill Cook and his wife, Gayle, founded
Cook Incorporated in 1963 in the spare bedroom of their
apartment in Bloomington and became the first American
company to introduce to United States physicians the
matched set of needle, wire guide, and catheter needed to
perform the percutaneous vascular entry procedure known as
the Seldinger technique;
Whereas, This revolutionary, nonsurgical technique
created the medical science of interventional medicine,
virtually eliminating exploratory surgery and opening new
vistas for physicians to diagnose and treat patients in a
minimally invasive manner with greatly reduced trauma and
risk to patients;
Whereas, Cook Incorporated and other Cook Group
companies have steadfastly adhered to a corporate code of
ethics that puts patient needs first and pursued new medical
technologies not solely for profit, but also with the broader
goal of improving health and helping people live healthier
lives through Cook technologies;
Whereas, The Cook Group companies have grown continually for 50 years in both revenue and employment, expanding from just two employees in 1963 to more than 11,000 worldwide;
Whereas, Today, it is the world's largest family-owned medical device manufacturer;
Whereas, As it grew, the company evolved from serving a
single medical specialty and manufacturing a handful of
products for United States sale into a global entity selling
more than 16,000 different products in 135 countries;
Whereas, Millions of patients have had their diseases
treated, have had lives extended, and have seen new life
created through the innovation and ingenuity of Cook
Group's skilled and highly dedicated employees;
Whereas, The company contributes significantly through
investment and stable economic growth to each community
where Cook Group expands, greatly and directly enhancing
numerous communities in Indiana where Cook Group
businesses are located, including Bloomington, Spencer,
West Lafayette, West Baden, French Lick, and Indianapolis;
Whereas, These businesses today employ more than 6,200
Hoosiers and help make Indiana a national leader in the
growing life sciences industry;
Whereas, Cook Group has steadfastly supported efforts
aimed at improving public health and access to health care
in Indiana through its sustained support for the YMCA in
Monroe County, through contributions to build an
angiography lab at Bloomington Hospital, and generous
support of the Monroe County chapter of Volunteers in
Medicine, which provides healthcare to low-income patients
in the south-central Indiana region;
Whereas, Cook Group passionately pursues a monumental
goal of sustainable historic preservation and renovation,
which is a key philosophy of the Cook family and Cook
Group;
Whereas, Cook Group's generosity has led to the restoration of such historic landmarks in Indiana as the West Baden Springs Hotel and French Lick Springs Hotel, Old Centrum Church, Tivoli Theater, Yoho General Store, Beck's Mill, Cedar Farms, Showers Plaza, Grant Street Inn,
Fountain Square Mall, Cochran House, Colonel William
Jones House, Graham Plaza, Illinois Central Railroad
Freight Depot, Laconia General Store, and the Hay Press;
Whereas, These restoration projects all have been done
with the goal of returning these properties to a state of
economic sustainability, further enhancing the economic
base of the communities in which they are located;
Whereas, Cook Group contributed enormously to the
musical education and well-being of talented youth through
its generous support of the Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle
Corps, which won the Drum Corps International World
Championship in 1991;
Whereas, Moving beyond the competitive performance
field, Cook Group and its associates within Star of Indiana
created a unique, stage-based musical concept, BLAST!, that
won both Tony and Emmy awards and brought international
acclaim to the musical and theatrical expertise and talent
found within the Hoosier state;
Whereas, The Cook family and Cook Group companies
have donated generously to support Indiana's institutions of
higher learning, including numerous capital construction
projects;
Whereas, At Indiana University, these donations include
Cook Hall and the William and Gayle Cook Music Library;
for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Cook Group
donated the stadium lights, a bioresearch greenhouse, and
other improvements; and
Whereas, In addition, both Bill Cook and Cook Group
Chairman Steve Ferguson have generously donated their
time, energy, and talents to serve as trustees at Indiana
University, and other senior Cook Group executives have
held similar posts at other Indiana colleges and universities,
helping lead Hoosier scholarly institutions to an ever-higher
position of academic achievement and excellence: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly acknowledges the
many contributions made by the Cook Group in the field of medicine
and to Indiana communities and the world. On behalf of the citizens of
the State of Indiana, the Indiana General Assembly extends its extreme
gratitude to the Cook Group organization and congratulates the Cook
family and all employees of the company for 50 years of exceptional
service to Indiana and the world.
SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to Gayle Cook, Carl
Cook, and the leadership and employees of Cook Group.
