Howard Cooke attended Mico University College in Kingston and London University in London.
11 Facts About Howard Cooke
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Howard Cooke was a teacher for 23 years, serving as President of the Jamaica Union of Teachers and Headmaster of Belle Castle All-Age School, Port Antonio Upper School, and Montego Bay Boys' School.
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Howard Cooke was active in the insurance industry for some three decades, working at Standard Life Insurance Company, Jamaica Mutual Life Insurance Company, and ALICO.
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One of the founding members of the People's National Party, Howard Cooke joined politics in 1938.
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Howard Cooke became a member of the Parliament of the West Indies Federation in 1958, and then the independent Jamaican Parliament as a Senator and a Member of the House of Representatives after 1962.
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Howard Cooke was a minister in the government of Michael Manley during the 1970s and President of the Senate of Jamaica from 1989 to 1991.
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Howard Cooke retired on 15 February 2006, and became the first Governor-General to invest his successor, Kenneth Octavius Hall.
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On 22 July 1939, Howard Cooke married schoolteacher Ivy Sylvia Lucille.
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Howard Cooke died at the age of 98 on 11 July 2014 in Kingston, Jamaica, only 11 days before he and Lady Cooke's 75th wedding anniversary.
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In 1980, Howard Cooke received the Special Plaque for Distinguished Service from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
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In 1991, Howard Cooke was awarded both the Order of the Nation and the Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George.