Monday, April 23, 2007 14th Annual BRAVO Award Luncheon honoring Honorable Mayor John Cook for his outstanding contributions to our community  Reception to meet candidates 11:00 a.m.   Lunch 11:30 a.m.               Awards Ceremony 12:00 p.m.   The El Paso Club Chase Bank 201 E. Main $35.00 per person Reservations by check to      LWVEP      10525 Texwood      El Paso, TX 79925   RSVP by April 18, 2007

  Mayor John Cook

Mayor Cook was born on February 27, 1946, in 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 seven grandchildren.  The oldest is 23 years old and the youngest was born on May 3, 2006.

  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 worked for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co and then Southwestern Bell from 1972 to 1991.  He taught special education classes and worked for various companies and organizations from 1991 to 1999.  He served as the distinguished City Council Representative of the 4^th 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.

His has received several Community Service awards from telephone companies and two Habitat for Humanity awards, Also, he was named Legislator of the Year by the El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association in 2004, Newsmaker of the Year by the El Paso Times in 2005 and Politician of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers in 2006.

John Cook is being honored by the League of Women Voters of El Paso with their 2007 Bravo Award for his open-door policy, his flood recovery work after Storm 2006, and his overall leadership for the City.