Mayor Cook was born on February 27th, 1946, Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Immaculata High School in 1964. John married his wife, Tram, in 1970. He attended the University of Texas at El Paso and earned a degree in business in 1977. He and his wife are the proud parents of six children and the proud grandparents of nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. The oldest granddaughter is 25 years old and the youngest is just a couple of months old. Mr. and Mrs. David Cook are the proud parents of John E. Cook.
Mayor Cook has lived in Northeast El Paso for most of his life where his family has owned and operated several Northeast businesses. He served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1971, seeing service as a Special Agent Military Intelligence. He served as the distinguished City Council Representative of the 4th District of El Paso from 1999 to June 2005 prior to being elected as City Mayor. He has been deeply involved in El Paso’s community affairs, as a businessman, a teacher, coach, founder and member of the board of many civic and veterans’ organizations.
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