REAR ADMIRAL RALPH E COOK, USN, RETIRED.
Admiral Ralph Cook who passed away on Aug. 27, 2010 in Honolulu at age 94 enlisted in the US Naval Reserve in 1934. Born in Montana, he earned his degree in Electrical Engineering from Montana State College in Boseman before advancing to Radioman 3rd. Class and being commissioned to active duty in January 1941. His first duty station was to the Philippines where in 1942 he was evacuated from Corregidor to Australia on the last submarine out before the island fell to Japanese forces. He served the next 21 years as a Navy cryptologist and in 1963 was select-ed as the Director of the Naval Security Group. In 1968 he became it's first Flag Officer commander. His final assignment before retiring in 1974 was as Chief, National Security Agency/CSS Pacific. The contribution of Ralph Cook and the Naval Reserve to the American Victory in the Second World War and since to the security of our country would be difficult to overstate.
Admiral Cook is survived by his beloved wife, Clara G. Cook of Honolulu and Sister Lois Saari of Washington state.
Burial service will be at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on Sept. 21 at 9:30am with full military honors followed by interment of ashes in the grave along side his first wife, Valda T. who died of cancer in 1974. Aloha attire. In lieu of flowers, donations to Bristol Hospice Foundation are welcome.
REAR ADMIRAL RALPH E COOK, USN, RETIRED.
Admiral Ralph Cook who passed away on Aug. 27, 2010 in Honolulu at age 94 enlisted in the US Naval Reserve in 1934. Born in Montana, he earned his degree in Electrical Engineering from Montana State College in Boseman before advancing to Radioman 3rd. Class and being commissioned to active duty in January 1941. His first duty station was to the Philippines where in 1942 he was evacuated from Corregidor to Australia on the last submarine out before the island fell to Japanese forces. He served the next 21 years as a Navy cryptologist and in 1963 was select-ed as the Director of the Naval Security Group. In 1968 he became it's first Flag Officer commander. His final assignment before retiring in 1974 was as Chief, National Security Agency/CSS Pacific. The contribution of Ralph Cook and the Naval Reserve to the American Victory in the Second World War and since to the security of our country would be difficult to overstate.
Admiral Cook is survived by his beloved wife, Clara G. Cook of Honolulu and Sister Lois Saari of Washington state.
Burial service will be at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on Sept. 21 at 9:30am with full military honors followed by interment of ashes in the grave along side his first wife, Valda T. who died of cancer in 1974. Aloha attire. In lieu of flowers, donations to Bristol Hospice Foundation are welcome.Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased
