Memberships
Cook is a member of the LSU Alumni Association's Board of Directors, an organization he has actively worked with and contributed to financially for many years. Through direct personal donations as well as his own fundraising efforts, Cook donated the money used by LSU for construction of an alumni center. The 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m2), 128-room building was opened in a ceremony led by former president George H. W. Bush and named the in honor of Cook's work. In addition to LSU, Cook is a member of the chancellor's court of benefactors for Oxford University in England and he is a Life Regent of Pepperdine University. He previously served on the board of advisors of the Carter Center of Emory University.
Cook is a trustee of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation and a director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. His financial contributions and work with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles led to the dedication of the Lodwrick Cook Rotunda, an elegant marble rotunda within the library's downtown Los Angeles location.
In November 1994, upon appointment by Queen Elizabeth II, Cook was invested by the Prince of Wales with the Insignia of Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) for his contribution to Anglo-American relations and support for philanthropic projects around the world.
Mr. Cook was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2000.
Mr. Cook is also a member of Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
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