ass't. cashier Bank of Hawaii, Ltd.,
1910- ; became manager insurance
dept., Castle & Cooke, Ltd., Ho-
nolulu, Nov. 1918. Is a Mason and
member Commercial Club and
Oahu Country Club.
CLARK, RALPH EVANS, insur-
ance manager, Honolulu ; born
May 15, 1888, at Sonoma County,
Cal. ; married Marjorie Freeth, at
Honolulu. May 26, 1915. Engaged
in general insurance work on Pa-
cific Coast, 1905-13; mgr. ins. dept.
Theo. H. Davies & Co., Ltd., Ho-
nolulu, 1913-1920; treas., director
and mgr. Home Ins. Co. of Hawaii,
Ltd., 1920 to date. Member Hono-
lulu Commercial Club, Rotary Club,
Outrigger Canoe Club.
CLARK, WILLIAM A., ranch
manager, Paia, Maui; born in
North Kona, Hawaii, April 7, 1885;
son of George and Katherine
(Lane) ' Clark; educated St. Louis
College, Honolulu; married Mary
Vincent at Paia, Maui, July 25,
1908; children: Agnes Kathryn
and Harriet Eunice. Began as
timekeeper, Maui Agricultural Co.,
Paia, Maui, 1901-12; manager of
the Grove ranch, Paia, Maui, since
1912. Is a Shriner, member of the
Aloha Temple; member Lodge
Maui, No. 472, F. & A. M.
CLARKE, JOHN KIRKWOOD,
businessman. Honolulu; born De-
cember 4. 1882, in Honolulu, King-
dom of Hawaii; son of Thos. Kirk-
wood and Annie (Hornblower)
Clarke; married Caroline Crewes
in Honolulu Oct. 2, 1912; four chil-
dren: John Kirkwood, Ruth Caro-
line. James Crewes and Margaret
Hind. Educated, old Fort street
school, Honolulu High School. Be-
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gan career as newsboy, carrying
Evening Bulletin; with Theo. H.
Davies & Co., 1896-1900; Hind,
Rolph & Co., Oct. 1, 1900, as clerk;
appointed manager May 1, 1910;
secretary and director, Waterhouse
Trust Co., Ltd., Honolulu, since Au-
gust 1, 1921; treas. Honolulu Drug
Co., Ltd. Member Commercial Club
(treas. 1916, Board of Governors,
1917), Chamber of Commerce, P.
M. Hawaiian Lodge No. 21, F. &
A. M., Honolulu Chapter No. 1,
Honolnulu Commandery No. 1,
Aloha Temple A. A. O. N. M. S.
CLEMONS, CHARLES F., law-
yer; born Manchester, Vt., Oct. 9,
1871; son of Dr. Seneca S. and
Anna (Danforth) demons; mar-
ried Virginia Armstrong Patten of
Butte, Mont., Sept. 10. 1902; edu-
cated: public schools. Vermont
Academy, Saxton's River, Vt. ;
Yale, B. A., 1895, special honors in
natural and physical science, LL.
B., 1898; National Univ. Law
School. Washington, D. C., LL. M.,
1899. with honors. An editor of
Yale Daily News, 1894-95 : chairman
Yale Law Journal, 1897-98; award-
ed prize Yale Law School, 1897, for
essay "Competition in Restraint of
Trade." Admitted Conn, bar, 1898;
practised law, Burlington, Vt., 1900,
and Butte, Mont., 1900-02; prac-
tised in Honolulu since March, 1902,
being associated with Judge Austin
Whiting, 1902-04; Thompson &
demons, and later Thompson,
demons and Wilder, 1904-11; ad-
mitted to U. S. Supreme Court,
1907; appointed judge U. S. Dist.
Court. Hawaii, 1911, resigning Jan.
15, 1917; associated with Hon. E.
M. Watson in law firm of Watson
& demons, Honolulu; secy, of
commission to Revise Laws of Ha-
waii. 1903-05; member similar com-
mission, 1913-15; chancellor of
Dist. of Hawaii, of Prot. Episcopal
church, 1907-11, and member board
of directors Prot. Episcopal church
in Hawaiian Islands. Secy, of Bar
Assn. of Hawaii for several years;
director Honolulu Y. M. C. A. since
1904; member University Club,
Oahu Country Club and Chiefs of
Hawaii.
CLOWES, FREDERICK A., agri-
culturist, Hilo, Hawaii; born at
Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, 1885; son
of Charles W. and Sophia L.
Clowes; married Blanche Miller
at Hilo, 1912; three children, Geo.
C., Richard M., Maile Alberta,;
graduated Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege, Toronto Univ. degree B. S.
A., 1908; agriculturist, Whitby
Collegiate Institute, Whitby, Ont.,
1908-09; same, Hilo Boarding
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THOMAS D. COLLINS
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School, 1909-11; superintendent,
Glenwood Experiment Station,
Glenwood, Hawaii, 1911-15; agri-
culturist, Lahainaluna School, 1915-
17; Industrial supervisor of
schools, East Hawaii, 1917-18. 1919-
21. Captain, Inf., National Guard
of Hawaii, 1916-18; captain. Inf.,
U. S. Army, 1918-19; vice-com-
mander, American Legion, 1920-21:
president, Hilo Teachers' Union,
1920-21; director, Hawaii County
Fair Association; member Amer.
Assn. for Advancement of Science
and National Educational Assn.
COCKBURN, JAMES LOWRIE,
banker, Honolulu; born Feb. 1.
1876, at Dalkeith, Scotland; son
of Thos. and Janet (Lowrie) Cock-
burn; married Eliza Victoria King
March 23, 1907, at Victoria, B. C.;
one child, Ranald Lowrie. Edu-
cated Edinburgh Institution, Edin-
burgh, Scotland. Entered business
with Edinburgh branch of Union
Assurance Society of London; with
Bishop and Co. of Honolulu since
1899, becoming partner in firm in
1912; vice-president and manager
of The Bank of Bishop & Co., Ltd.,
since Jan. 1, 1919. Director Bishop
Trust Co., Ltd., Bishop Insurance
Agency, Ltd., and Hawaiian Su-
matra Plantations, Ltd. Member
of Honolulu Chamber of Commerce,
Commercial Club, Pacific Club,
Oahu Country Club and Hawaii
Racing and Polo Club.
COCKETT, CHARLES B. K., dist.
magistrate, Lahaina, Maui; born
Lahaina, April 30, 1858; son of
Joseph and Mahiki (Kamakaiwa)
Cockett; married Harriet Newell
Kamakapunonoulaokalani Shaw at
Wailuku, Maui, Feb. 9, 1878;
twelve children. Educated in Wai-
luku schools. Blacksmith, Wai-
luku, 1876-1885; butcher, -Lahaina,
1885-1892; road overseer, Lahaina
dist,, 1893, resigning at overthrow
of the monarchy; deputy sheriff.
Lahaina, 1900; sanitary inspector,
1905; appointed dist. magistrate,
Lahaina, 1917.
COCKCROFT, F. NUTTALL,
Episcopal minister, Lahaina,
Maui; born Shawforth. Lancashiz-e,
Eng., July 10, 1868; son of Walter
and Eliza (Nuttall) Cockcroft; edu-
cated State University of Wyom-
ing 1893-94; General Theological
Seminary, New York City, 1894-97;
New York University, 1900-02;
married Julia L. Walcott at Jack-
son, Mich., Sept. 9, 1903; two chil-
dren: Ruth W. and John W. Was
rector of Trinity church, Lander,
Wyo., 1897-99; assistant minister,
Zion and St. Timothy, New York
City. 1899-1903; rector of Christ
Church, Henrietta, Mich., 1903-05;
St. Paul's church, Hamilton. Mont.,
1905-11; All Saints' Church, Red-
ding, Cal., 1911-15; Missionary of
Holy Innocents' Church, Lahaina,
Maui, since 1915. Member of Red-
ding Lodge No. 254, F. & A. M. ;
Shasta Chapter No. 9, R. A. M.;
Redding Commandery No. 50, K.
T. ; Islam Temple, A. A. O. N. M.
S.. San Francisco; Redding Lodge
No. 1073, B. P. O. E.
CODY, FRANK JAY, newspaper
publisher, Hilo, Hawaii; born at
Eau Claire, Wis., March 3, 1878;
son of John Edward and Cora He-
lene Cody; grammar school educa-
tion; married Willamette Miller in
Portland, Ore., June 10, 1917; one
child, Rolland Jay Samuel. Grad-
uate apprentice in printing, 1897;
publisher East Side News (Min-
neapolis) and "Rushing the Klon-
dike" (book), 1897-8; foreman Ho-
nolulu Republican, 1900; newspaper
work Japan, China and Philippines,
1901-2; civil service, craftsman in-
structor Bureau of Printing, Ma-
nila, (devised perpetual inventory
and cost card system universally
adopted by government bureaus,
Manila and Washington), 1902-06;
traveled India, Egypt, Palestine
and Europe, 1907; erected shingle
mill, Bellingham, Wash. (failed
panic of 1907), 1908; printer, 1908-
18; manager Hawaii Post-Herald,
Hilo. since 1918. Was secty. San
Diego Typographical Union, 1911-
15; delegate International Typo-
graphical Union convention, Los
Angeles, 1915; president Allied
Printing Trades Council, San Diego,
1915; master Blackmer Lodge F.
& A. M. and pres. Masonic Board
of Relief, San Diego, 1915. Dele-
gate Civic Convention, Maui, 1919;
Worthy Patron, O. E. S., Hilo, 1920;
charter member and vice-pres. Hilo
Ad Club, 1919, pres. 1920; director
Board of Trade of Hilo and chair-
man Civic Convention committee,
1920; director and chairman com-
merce committee, 1921; charter
member Hawaii Auto Club, director
1920. vice-pres. and director, 1921;
charter member and sergeant-at-
arms Rotary Club of Hilo, 1921;
rep. to Nat. Council, Boy Scouts of
America; chairman Hilo com. of ar-
rangements, convention of Press
Congress of the World; chairman
com. to organize Hawaii Territorial
Press Assn. ; pres. Hawaii Banana
Growers' Assn.; chairman 1921 Cel-
ebrations committee, Fourth of
July, Hilo; member B P. O. E.
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COHEN, HERBERT, architect
and consulting engineer, Honolulu;
born Pottsville, Pa., Sept. 11, 1882;
son of Samuel and Betty (Kayton)
Cohen; married Irma Spitzer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Spitzer of Honolulu, at Chicago,
Aug. 19, 1908; two children: Mar-
gery Joy and Robert James. Edu-
cated Chicago public schools, grad-
uated University of Chicago, B. A.,
1902. Structural engineer and ar-
chitectural draftsman and supt. of
construction, Chicago, 1902-07; en-
tered govt. service as supt. of con-
struction, U. S. public buildings;
supt. of const, federal bldgs., Kan-
sas, Missouri, Louisiana and South
Dakota, 1907-14; appointed supt.
of const, federal bldg., Hilo, Ha-
waii, 1914; when U. S. entered
war, took charge of planning and
design of aviation station, Luke
Field, Oahu, and directed its trans-
formation from a sugar cane field
to up-to-date seaplane and air-
plane station; at close of war
entered private practise as archi-
tect and consulting engineer. Mem-
ber Huron Lodge, No. 26, A. F. &
A. M., Huron, So. Dak.; Society
Constructors of Federal Bldgs.;
Honolulu Chapter, Amer. Assn. of
Engs., University Club.
COHEN, JOEL C., theatrical and
amusement financier, Honolulu;
born at Buffalo, N. Y., June 12,
1862; son of Charles and Clemen-
tine (Von Lichtenstein) Cohen;
educated in public and high
schools of Berlin, Wisconsin, grad-
uating 1879; married Ethel M.
Ruth of California in 1895. Spent
several years traveling throughout
Europe following graduation from
high school; entered in the com-
mercial field and was prominent in
republican politics in Northern
Wisconsin; removed to Hawaii in
1898 at the time of the raising of
the Stars and Stripes, the annex-
ation to the United States as a ter-
ritory. Became interested in pro-
fessional theatricals in Honolulu
and started the Orpheum theatre
which was destroyed by fire in
1913; organized and is president of
the Consolidated Amusement Co.,
Ltd., Honolulu, which controls di-
rectly or indirectly almost every
theatre in the Territory. Was
elected Representative to the Ter-
ritorial Legislature, 1909; candi-
date for Mayor of Honolulu, 1915
and 1917, being defeated in both
elections. Member of Commercial,
Rotary and Ad Clubs of Honolulu;
member of B. P. O. E., Phoenix
Lodge, Eagles and Honolulu Cham-
ber of Commerce.
COKE, JAMES LESLIE, Chief
Justice of Supreme Court of Ha-
waii, Honolulu; born Aug. 31, 1875,
at Mansfield, Coos County, Oregon;
son of John Stephen and Mary E.
(Moore) Coke; descendant of
Rich'd Cooke, Devonshire, England,
who located in Henrico County,
Virginia, about 1632; paternal
great-grandfather, William Cocke,
officer in Revolutionary War and
member United States Senate from
Tennessee when that state organ-
ized, succeeded in 1797 by Andrew
Jackson, again appointed 1799,
serving to 1805, buried on banks of
Tombigbee river, Mississippi, under
tombstone erected by that state.
Married Effie B. Riley in Honolulu,
March 11, 1913; three children, by
former marriage: Philip L-, Dixie
C., James H. Educated in Oregon
and California. Commenced prac-
tise of law in partnership with
John S. Coke, Marshfield, Ore..
1896-98; elected County Attorney,
County of Maui, Hawaii, Nov. 8,
1908; to Territorial Senate, Nov. 5,
1912-Jan. 23, 1916; appointed Third
Judge, First Circuit Court, Terri-
tory of Hawaii, March 23, 1916;
appointed by President Wilson Jus-
tice of Supreme Court, Territory of
Hawaii, Jan. 8, 1917; appointed
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of Hawaii, March 7, 1918-March 7,
1922. Member and past exalted
ruler B. P. O. E., No. 616, Hono-
lulu; 32nd degree Mason; Shriner.
COLE, WILFORD JENKINS,
plantation overseer, Laie, Oahu;
born in Nephi, Utah, Nov. 25, 1867;
son of William and Emma (Jen-
kins) Cole; grammar school edu-
cation; married Ellen Chase, at
Manti, Utah, May 4, 1898; seven
children: Wilford Chase, Ralph,
Florence, Glenn, Emma, Ellen, Wil-
liam. Engaged in farming and
stock raising, Utah, 1888-1898; em-
ployed as head overseer, Laie Plan-
tation, Oahu, 1898-1901; returned to
stock raising and farming business
in Utah, 1901-08; head overseer,
Laie Plantation, since 1908.
COLLINS, ARTHUR W., civil
engineer, Paia, Maui; born at Fort
Fairfield, Maine, Nov. 19, 1883; son
of Henry C. and Elizabeth (Slo-
comb) Collins; educated University
of Maine, B.S., 1905; married Ethel
Kittredge in Boston, Mass., Oct. 30,
1909; three children: Mary Kitt-
redge, Harriet Patricia and Walter
Kittredge. Was with Santa Fe R.
R., 1905; Western Pacific R. R.,
1906; engineer for Maui Agricul-
tural Co., Paia, 1906-10; engineer
for Maui Agricultural Co., Hawaiian
Commercial & Sugar Co., and Ka-
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hului R. R., 1910-18; manager Pio-
need Mill Company, Ltd., since
May, 1918. Member University
Club, Hawaii Polo and Racing
Clubs; Maui County Fair & Racing
Assn., and Maui Chamber of Com-
merce.
COLLINS, GEORGE MILES, en-
gineer, Honolulu; born May 16,
1889, at Los Gatos, Cal.; son of
Oliver and Sophie C. (Lyon) Col-
lins; educated in grammar and
high schools, Los Gatos, Cal., Uni-
versity of California, B. S., Col-
lege of Mining, May, 1911; married
Geraldine Frances Neumann of
San Francisco in Salt Lake City,
Oct. 17, 1912. Began professional
career with Utah Copper Co., Gar-
field, Utah, June- Sept. 1911; Ameri-
can Smelting & Refining Co., Sept.
1911-March 1913; assistant en-
gineer Waiahole Water Co., Ltd.
(Honolulu), April, 1913-Jan. 1914;
assistant engineer City and County
of Honolulu, Jan. 1914-Jan. 1916;
City and County Engineer of Ho-
nolulu Jan. 1916-Oct. 1917; super-
intendent land department. B. P.
Bishop Estate, since Oct. 1917.
COLLINS, THOMAS DESMOND,
businessman, Hilo, Hawaii; born
Sydney, Australia, Aug. 8, 1889; son
of Thomas Henry and Marion Jo-
hanna Collins; married Alona Eu-
genia Whisler, at Wailuku, Maui,
July 15, 1916; two children: Marion
Etta and Ruth Whisler. Attended
public schools, Sydney. Arrived
Honolulu, May 29, 1907, and began
work as iffice boy Ewa Planta-
tion Co., and later promoted to
clerk; clerk T. H- Davies & Co.,
Honolulu, 1912-13; asst. bookkeep-
er, Wailuku Sugar Co., Maui, 1913-
1916; head bookkeeper, Hamakua
Mill Co., Hawaii, 1916-18; head
bookkeeper, Kaiwiki Sugar Co., Ha-
waii, 1918; cashier, Security Trust
Co., Hilo, Hawaii, 1918-21; treas.,
same since 1921. Secy. Hilo Gas
Co. since 1919; secy. Security
Building & Loan Assn. since 1919;
elected secy. -treas. Hawaii Post-
Herald, Ltd., vJan. 1921; secy-treas.
Hilo Tennis Club since 1919. Mem-
ber Hilo Board of Trade, Hilo
Yacht Club and Masonic Lodge.
COLVILLE, YOUNG ERNEST,
physician and surgeon, Hilo, Ha-
waii; born in Washington, Tenn.,
Aug. 13, 1877; son of Richard W.
and Mary Louisa (Paine) Colville;
education, Chattanooga high school,
1894; Chattanooga Normal college,
B.S., 1898; Univ. Tennessee, Chem.
M., 1899; Chattanooga Medical Col-
lege, M. D., 1903; Tulane Univ..
M.D., 1904; married Gladys Agnes
Brause (deceased) at Chattanooga,
Jan. 10, 1905; married Mrs. Paula
Rosalie Steele, at Tucson, Ariz.,
April 25, 1919. Was resident physi-
cian at Baroness Erlanger Hosp.,
1904-05; practised medicine at Mid-
dlesborough, Ky., 1905-07; prac-
tised medicine and served as editor
Oklahoma State Medical Journal,
Oklahoma City, Okla., 1907-019;
practised medicine, Hilo, T. H.
1909-17; in U. S. Army, 1918-20;
resumed practise at Hilo, Nov.,
1920. Served as enlisted man in
U. S. Army during war with Spain,
April 1898-July, 1899; commissioned
captain, M.R.C., Sept. 12, 1917, and
called to active service Jan. 12,
1918; promoted to major, May 7.
1918; honorably discharged Sept.
12, 1920. Member American Le-
gion, Phi Chi fraternity, F. & A.
M., K. of P., and O. O. O. Lodges.
CONEY, JOHN H., lawyer. Lihue,
Kauai; born at Hilo, Hawaii, June
9, 1864; son of John Harvey and
Laura (Amis) Coney; educated in
private schools, Honolulu; married
Mary E. Kelly at Covington, Ky..
Jan. 1889; children: John H. (de-
ceased), Wm. A., George M., Cath-
erine A., Alexander H., Edward C.
(Deceased) and Clarissa P. Fol-
lowing school employed with Lucas
Bros, mill, B. F. Dillingham & Co.,
Ltd.; went to Ohio and was ma-
chinist apprentice, Columbus Ma-
chine Co; received diploma 1883;
mechanical engineering in Ohio,
1883-90; returned to Hawaii with
Board of Public Works and later
Hawaiian Hardware Co., 1890-93;
became construction engineer for
G. N. Wilcox, Kauai, 1893. Was
deputy sheriff, Kauai county, 1893-
4; sheriff, 1894-1906; elected repre-
sentative to Territorial Legislature,
1907-11; senator, 1913-17. Is a Ma-
son, Shriner, member Chiefs of
Hawaii, Kamehameha Lodge, Kauai
Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu
Ad Club and Pacific Club.
CONKLING, DAVID LLOYD,
city official, Honolulu; born April
29, 1876, in San Francisco, Cal.;
son of David and Anna Martin
(Hawkins) Conkling. Educated St.
Ignatius College, Lincoln Grammar
School and Commercial High
School, San Francisco. Began busi-
ness career with San Francisco
Law Library as assistant librarian,
Dec. 1, 1895; joined staff of Bulle-
tin (Honolulu) Nov. 1, 1897; with
Honolulu Republican 1900; Bulle-
tin 1900-03; Inter-Island Steam
Navigation Co., Jan., 1903-Oct. 30,
1905; H. Hackfeld & Co., Kailua,
Hawaii, Nov. 1, 1905-Nov. 30, 1906;
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chief clerk Executive Department
Territory of Hawaii, Dec. 1, 1906-
June 30, 1909; treasurer, Territory
of Hawaii, July 1, 1909-Oct. 30,
1914; elected treasurer City and
County of Honolulu, Nov. 1914, re-
elected, 1917- Was instrumental in
organizing Honolulu Stock and
Bond Exchange, 1900, and was first
secretary. Member Healani Boat
Club, Pacific Club, Elk, Mason.
COOKE, AMOS FRANCIS, real
estate, Honolulu; born in Honolulu,
Dec. 23, 1851, son of Amos Starr and
Juliette (Montague) Cooke, early
missionaries to Hawaiian Islands.
Educated Oahu College (Honolulu),
and University of Michigan. Mar-
ried Lilanet Lidgate in Hilo, Hawaii,
November 6, 1879; two daughters:
Margaret Montague, Juliette Annis
(Melanphy). Started in firm of Cas-
tle & Cooke, Honolulu, 1875; man-
ager Pacific Navigation Co., 1878-
1887, island coasting and in foreign
trade to South Sea Islands; started
and organized Hawaiian Fertilizer
Co. of Honolulu, 1889, selling out in
1898; purchased property of Bruce
Cartwright in Palolo Valley, Oahu,
and organized Palolo Land & Im-
provement Co., Ltd., 1899; has con-
ducted a general real estate busi-
ness in Honolulu since. Served in
the Citizens' and National Guards
under the Provisional Government
and Republic of Hawaii, 1893-1899.
Member of the Sons of the American
Revolution.
COOKE, CLARENCE HYDE,
banker. Honolulu; born in Honolulu.
April 17, 1876; son of Charles M. and
Anna (Rice) Cooke; married Lily
Love, daughter of Robert Love of
Honolulu, August 11, 1898; children:
Dorothea, Martha, Anna, Clarence,
Jr., Harrison, Alice, Robert and
John. Graduate of Punahou Col-
lege, Honolulu, 1894, and Yale (did
not graduate). Began business ca-
reer in Honolulu with Hawaiian
Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Ltd., 1897;
Bank of Hawaii Jan. 1, 1898; presi-
dent of the Bank of Hawaii, Ltd.,
since 1S09. Has been identified with
Hawaiian industries and is an offi-
cer or director of the Hawaiian
Trust Co., Ltd., the Hawaiian Elec-
tric Co., Ltd., Ewa Plantation, Wai-
alua Plantation, Charles M. Cooke,
Ltd., C. Brewer & Co., Ltd., Lihue
Plantation Co., Wailuku Sugar Co.,
and a number of other enterprises.
Was a member of the 1913, 1915 and
1917 sessions of the Territorial Leg-
islature and accomplished good re-
sults on the Financial Committee
of the lower house. Elected to
House of Representatives 1920;
served special session 1920 and
regular session 1921. Member of
the Pacific, University and Coun-
try Clubs of Honolulu.
COOKE, C. MONTAGUE, JR.,
zoologist, Honolulu; born in Ho-
nolulu, Dec. 20, 1874; son of
Charles Montague and Anna Char-
lotte (Rice) Cooke; educated in
Honolulu and at Yale University,
A. B. 1897; Ph. D. degree 1901;
married Eliza Lefferts of Flatbush,
N. Y., April 25, 1901. Curator Pul-
monata, Bishop Museum, Hono-
lulu since 1902. Member Washing-
ton Academy of Sciences, Malacol-
ogical Society of London and mem-
ber of the University Club of Ho-
nolulu. Republican.
COOKE, GEORGE PAUL, ranch-
er, Kaunakakai, Molokai; borri in
Honolulu, H. I., December 2, 1881;
son of Charles Montague and Anna
Charlotte (Rice) Cooke; both par-
ents children of missionaries to
Hawaiian Islands; educated at Yale
University, B.A., 1905; married
Sophie Boyd Judd, daughter of late
Chief Justice A. F. Judd, in Hono-
lulu, April 4, 1906; six children,
Dora, George Paul, Jr., Francis
Judd, Thomas Hastings, Stephen
Montague, Phoebe. Stock and bond
clerk, Hawaiian Trust Co., Ltd.,
1805-08; bookkeeper American
Sugar Co., Ltd., and Molokai
Ranch, April, 1908-Dec., 1908; man-
ager A. S. Co., Ltd. and Molokai
Ranch, 1908-Jan. 1, 1918; president
American Sugar Co., Ltd., since
1918. Representative for Maui
County to Territorial Legislature,
1911-13; senator from Maui Coun-
ty, 1917-19. Member Y. M. C. A.,
Maui Chamber of Commerce, Maui
Aid Assn.. Queen's Hospital Corpo-
ration, Hawaiian Board, University
and Commercial Clubs, president
Hawaii Tuna Club, 1917.
COOKE, RICHARD A., business-
man. Honolulu; born Jan. 24, 1884,
in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands; son
of Charles M. and Anna Charlotte
(Rice) Cooke; educated at Oahu
College, Honolulu; Hotchkiss
School, Conn. ; Yale University,
B.A. 1906. Married Dagmar Soren-
son in Honolulu Nov. 12, 1907; four
children: Anna Karen, Alice Mon-
tague, Richard Alexander, Jr., and
Dagmar Sorenson. Began business
career in offices of C. Brewer &
Co., Ltd.. Honolulu, Oct. 1, 1906;
joined The Bank of Hawaii, Ltd.,
1907; became treasurer of The
Chas. M. Cooke, Ltd., 1909; returned
to C. Brewer & Co., in executive
capacity, 1918, later elected vice-
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president and manager. Is pres.
Hawaiian Electric Co., Ltd., and a
director or officer in various other
enterprises; is member of Child
Welfare Board and the board of
trustees of Mid -Pacific Institute.
Member Oahu Country Club, Uni-
versity Club and Chamber of Com-
merce of Honolulu.
COOMBS, WALTER ROLAND,
accountant, Honolulu; born at Bed-
ford, Iowa, Dec. 8, 1880; son of
Lafe and Addie (Wilson) Coombs;
graduated from high school, May
31, 1897; married Genevra E. V.
Hooyer in Honolulu, July 26, 1906.
Came to Honolulu first on way to
Philippines as State Volunteer,
1899; returning to Honolulu, 1901;
chairman G. O. P. of Honolulu, 1914-
15-16. Member of Commercial and
Country Clubs; Hawaiian Histori-
cal Society; Past Master Scottish
Rite Bodies of Honolulu; Master
Honolulu Consistory; 32 degree
Knight Commander Court of Honor;
Knight Templar; Royal Jester;
Shriner; Chiefs of Hawaii.
COOPER, CHARLES BRYANT,
physician and surgeon, Honolulu;
born at Babylon, New York, Nov.
19, 1864; son of Rev. Chas. White
and Frances (Duyckinck) Cooper;
descendant of the great philanthro-
pist, Peter Cooper, founder of
Cooper Inst., New York City, and
related to James Fennimore Cooper,
the novelist. Educated at Wallkill
Academy (Middletown, N. Y.);
Williston Seminary (Easthampton,
Mass.); University of Missouri
Medical Dept., M. D-, 1889. Mar-
ried Katheriiie Christie McGrew in
Honolulu, March 24, 1897. Prac-
tising physician and surgeon, Butte,
Montana, 1889-91; removed to Ho-
nolulu, 1891. Member Territorial