FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2004
Contact: Michael Corby
904.632.3310

Nassau County’s Betty P. Cook to serve on Florida Community College at Jacksonville Foundation Board of Governors

The Board of Governors of the Florida Community College at Jacksonville Foundation elected Betty P. Cook to serve on the Board at their May 20 meeting.

Cook, a Nassau County native and long-time supporter and benefactor of the College, was elected to serve a three-year term.

Cook’s relationship with Florida Community College at Jacksonville began when she was appointed to the District Board of Trustees by Governor Bob Graham in 1979. She became the first woman elected to chair the Board and the first Nassau County trustee to become chair. In all, she served 14 years on the District Board of Trustees.

Her donations to the College include generous support of student scholarships, as well as the original 43 acres on which the Florida Community College Betty P. Cook Nassau Center sits in Yulee. The multi-phase center is designed to expand as Nassau County’s needs increase.

“Betty P. Cook’s commitment to Florida Community College and to education in general is well-known, and a blessing to all of Northeast Florida. We are delighted, and indeed fortunate, to have Betty Cook as a member of our Foundation Board of Governors,” said Dr. William C. Mason, executive director of the Florida Community College Foundation.