Richard P. Cooke ’27

Richard P. Cooke died July 31, 1996, at his home at 1556 Regent St., Niskayuna, NY 12309.

Dick came to us from Exeter Academy. At Princeton he was a member of Dial Lodge Club and of the interclub committee. He roomed with B. P. Griffith and F. T. Smith in 141 Henry Hall and majored in philosophy.

After graduation, he joined the Wall St. Journal as a reporter, becoming its theater critic and transportation and aviation editor in 1939. He remained with the Journal until 1970. In 1940 he married his wife, Ruth, in Essex, Conn. She was the fashion editor of Woman's Day Magazine. She died in 1991, and he moved to Niskayuna in upstate New York.

Dick's lifelong interest was sailing. He owned a fine sloop and belonged to many yacht clubs. He is survived by his son, Timothy, and three grandchildren: Jessica, Peter, and Christopher. To them, the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1927