Dr. Cook was a gentleman.
Think how rare such a simple description must be.
He was as gracious to the person serving the table as he was to the honored guest. Once I saw him, when he could not know I was watching, grow quietly mournful when he heard a student was suffering. Biola is a big place and such compassion in a leader of a major educational institution is perhaps ...
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Go here for a series by Dr. Cook at a sister school, Crown College.
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CLYDE COOK
June 1, 1935 - April 11, 2008
President Emeritus
Biola University
1982-2007
Dr. Clyde Cook served as Biola University's president for 25 years, from 1982 to 2007, with a unique background as an educator, administrator and fourth-generation missionary.
Both his great-grandparents and grandparents were missionaries to China, and his mother followed ...
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Lives of Power
DR. CLYDE COOK
RHS: Dr. Robert Harold Schuller
CC: Dr. Clyde Cook
RHS: Well, we have different guests every week and today I have one of the most distinguished guests I’ve ever ...
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In an email released to the entire Biola Family:
Dear Biola Family,
Tonight it is with profound sadness that we mourn the loss of our beloved friend and leader, President Emeritus Clyde Cook.
After returning this afternoon from speaking in Houston, Dr. Cook was at home this evening with his wife Anna Belle when he passed away and entered the presence of the Lord.
Th...
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Dr. Cook was the first Biola basketball player to have his number retired.
The story from the Chimes, the Biola campus paper.
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Hebrews 11 1
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, ...
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President Corey has announced the death of Dr. Clyde Cook, the President Emeritus and one of the longest serving leaders in the history of Biola University.
Dr. Cook was a major force behind the creation of Torrey Honors Institute, the sponsor of Scriptorium Daily.
(When I first met him when Torrey was but a dream, he asked me how Torrey planned to cope with new technolog...
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Joe Carter is a great writer, a good man, and a fine American. He could beat me up without noticing the effort.
He is Red Bull in the blogosphere to my Skim Milk.
He is, in all probability, more influential than Senator Tom Coburn.
He is an omnivorous reader with the sense to enjoy both pop and "high" culture. On a good day, Joe Carter shows why blogging should be take...
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Government schools, for good or ill, are here to stay.
Much as I might prefer free market solutions to education, today the vast majority of students are being taught in government schools. As a conservative, I am no revolutionary and do not expect ever to live in Utopia. Our government schools struggle to attract and retain good teachers.
Since tax payers have decided on...
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Robert Fagles, a translator of much that we read in Torrey, has died.
Fagles was an awe inspiring scholar of enduring importance. His greatness came as a translator of works from classical languages into English.
Like all such works, his translations were a mixed blessing and Torrey has phased out some of them. Using his work was always a tough call as the only transla...
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It is sad that I must caution readers about the content of this essay regarding Notre Dame University.
For any Christian academic, being critical of Notre Dame University feels like a Pop Warner coach explaining the West Coast offense to Mike Holmgren.
Notre Dame is a great educational home for American Christians. The philosophy department by itself is of importance to ...
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