Purpose
Jack Kent Cooke was by all accounts an extraordinary man. Born October 25, 1912, in Ontario, Canada, he was as a young man an athlete and a musician who dreamed of pursuing a formal education. That dream was cut short when he left high school during the Depression to work full-time to support his family.

Mr. Cooke eventually found his way to the burgeoning communications industry, and later earned his first fortune acquiring and operating radio stations and newspapers throughout Canada with partner Roy Thomson. In 1960, he became a U.S. citizen. From that point on, his business interests became many and varied, including ownership of television stations and professional sports teams.

When he died in 1997, Mr. Cooke left most of his fortune to establish the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. The mission of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education. Of particular focus is scholarships for outstanding individuals with financial need.

Details
Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Program awards approximately 35 scholarships worth up to $50,000 each to college seniors or recent graduates (with a GPA of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent) to attend graduate or professional programs beginning in Fall 2005. The scholarships provide for tuition, room and board, books and other required fees for the length of the graduate degree program, up to six years. The amount and duration of awards vary by student, based on the cost of attendance and length of the program, as well as other scholarships or grants received.

For more information on the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarships, visit the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation website at:

http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/.