Bill Text: IN SCR0071 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Memorializing philanthropist and entrepreneur Bill Cook.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-26 - Returned to the Senate [SCR0071 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SCR0071-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. _____
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing philanthropist and
entrepreneur Bill Cook, for his service to the citizens of Indiana.
, read first time and referred to Committee on
RESOLUTION No. _____
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing philanthropist
and entrepreneur Bill Cook, for his service to the citizens of Indiana.
Whereas, Bill Cook was a Bloomington industrialist and
philanthropist who died at the age of 80. He was an example
of a self-made success story who kept business personal and
valued doing good to others over seeming great;
Whereas, Cook Group, Inc., created in 1963 in the spare
bedroom of his Bloomington apartment, on a $1,500
investment, started with his invention of a heart
catheterization instrument. Cook Group has thrived through
hard times, growing to 42 companies, globally employing
more than 10,000 people. Bill Cook's leadership allowed the
company to fill the most basic human needs, and maintain
loyalty between management and staff;
Whereas, The wealthiest man in Indiana invested $35
million into the West Baden-French Lick community and
boosted it out of economic depression. He also donated $10
million of the $13 million cost of transforming the Old
Centrum in Indianapolis into the new home of Indiana
Landmarks;
Whereas, With his wife Gayle, Bill saved century-old buildings and spent tens of millions on the Star of Indiana drum and bugle corps, a teaching venture for teenagers that
developed into a Tony Award-winning Broadway show. He
also founded the Monroe County YMCA. Bill Cook
contributed to buildings and programs at Indiana University,
Northwestern University, and Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology. His contributions ranged from medicine, to
music, to sports;
Whereas, The William and Gayle Cook Music Library is
internationally known as one of the largest academic music
libraries in the world. Beyond the size and quality of the
collections, it has a reputation for providing excellent
services and leading the way in the development of
technological advancements in music libraries;
Whereas, Gifts through the years from the Cooks to the
IU Jacobs School of Music include the Ray E. Cramer
Graduate Scholarship Fund, as well as a lead gift for the
Cook Band Building Fund, which will be used for the
construction of a new Marching Hundred Hall;
Whereas, Governor Daniels was to honor Bill Cook with
Indiana's highest honor, a Sachem award, later this year;
and
Whereas, Carl Cook will succeed his father as CEO of
Cook Group, Inc.; therefore:
SECTION 1. That the Senate of Indiana General Assembly does hereby
memorialize Bill Cook for his service and devotion to the citizens of
Indiana.
SECTION 2. That the Secretary of the Senate shall transmit copies of
this resolution to Gayle Cook.
