Sidney A. Cook

Sidney A. Cook

Sidney A. Cook was an officer in the Diamond T Motor Truck Company in Chicago. He served as President of the Theosophical Society in America during the years 1931–1945, and international Vice President of the Theosophical Society headquartered in Adyar, India, from 1946 to 1959.

Theosophical work

Following the death of his young son Aubrey in 19__, Mr. Cook began "the search which led him to Theosophy and his long years of service to the Society."

President of American Section

Sidney A. Cook in 1931

He made a donation to create the Aubrey Garden in memory of his son.

International Vice President in Adyar

Sidney A. Cook packing to leave Olcott, March 15, 1946

Sidney and Etha Cook with Olcott staff on March 15, 1946

Sidney A. Cook, standing, under banyan tree. C. Jinarajadasa is at right, with Etha Snodgrass Cook and Rukmini Devi Arundale at left

during the administration of Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa (1946-1953) and for the first term of Nilakanta Sri Ram (1953-1959).

Later years

According to Joy Mills,

In 1959 he took up residence once again in Chicago, becoming chairman of the Theosophical Investment Trust, the establishment of which, although an achievement of Perkins' administration, had long been a cherished dream of Cook's. His beloved Etha had died in India in May, 1949; soon thereafter he was married to Dr. Jocelyn Todd-Naylor from England, who had nursed Etha during her final illness. Failing health took Cook with his wife to her home in England, where he spent his final years quietly, passing away on August 4, 1965.

Writing

Like other Presidents of the American Section, Mr. Cook served as editor of section periodicals, The Theosophical Messenger and The American Theosophist. He also wrote many articles for those and other Theosophical journals. The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists 287 articles by or about Sidney A Cook and another 59 under the initials SAC.

Notes

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