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Brigadier-General William H. Cocke Brigadier-General William H. Cocke vas born at City Point, Prince George County, Vir- ginia, September 12, 1874. After attending high school in Staunton he entered V. M. I., grad- uating here in 1894 as the first Jackson Hope medalist with the degree of B.S. in Civil Engineer- ing. General Cocke was shortly thereafter appointed commandant of cadets and professor of matheiTiatics and German at Kemper Military Academy. During the three years that he spent there the general pursued the study of law. In 1898 he was graduated in that course at Wash- ington University, St. Louis. He served as a first lieutenant in the Fourth Missouri Volunteers during the Spanish-American War. From the cessation of hostilities until 1905 General Cocke practiced law in St. Louis with eminent success. At that time he was made president and general manager of the St. Louis Chemical Company in St. Louis, Mo. It was during the same year that he married Miss Anne Jeanette Owen, of St. Joseph, Mo., who is also of Virginia origin. She is descended from Admiral Radford and General Kearney. In 1907 General Cocke returned to St. Louis, organized and became president and general manager of the Commercial Acid Company. He continues as president, though the name has been changed to the Southern Acid Sulphur Company. Upon America ' s entrance into the World ' ar he was commissioned major in the Thirty-fifth Division, Missouri National Guards. While in France with this organization General Cocke studied at and was graduated from the Army General Staff College at Langres. He was with his division at St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest, Verdun, and Metz. At the April meeting of the Board of Visitors last year General Cocke was unanimously elected to the supcrintendency. He assumed command October i, 1924. Since this date he has grasped the Institute reins with a firm hand and is driving vigorously ahead. His policy has been one of betterment in every department, in every phase of cadet life and activity where there can be betterment. Ever before him is the vision of greater things and, with head in the clouds but with feet planted on solid ground, he is striving to realize them. Even now genuine results are evident on everv hand. 11
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Faculty Major-General E. W. Nichols Superintendent Emeritus Lecturer on Pure and A pplird Mallinnntics Col. Hunter Pexdletox M.A., Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry IM
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