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Directors and Officers
Directors:
David A. Cockrell
Ernest D. Cockrell
Ernest H. Cockrell
Janet S. Cockrell
Carol Cockrell Curran
Richard B. Curran
Laura Jennings Turner
J. Webb Jennings
Associate Directors:
Milton T. Graves
Officers:
Ernest H. Cockrell,
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M. Nancy Williams,
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Milton T. Graves,
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Douglas E. Bryant,
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The Cockrell Trust was created in 1957 by Ernest Cockrell, Jr., an oilman, investor and Houston civic leader. Mr. Cockrell’s primary business was drilling for and producing oil in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore and offshore Texas and Louisiana. In 1966, the trust was converted into a charitable corporation and became known as The Cockrell Foundation. The major gift to The Cockrell Foundation was through a bequest in the will of Ernest Cockrell, Jr., in 1972. The will specified that a major portion of the available funds for distribution each year be given to The University of Texas – Austin College of Engineering. Additional funds were gifted to the Foundation through the will of Mrs. Virginia H. Cockrell.
The Foundation is now chaired by Mr. Ernest H. Cockrell, son of Ernest Cockrell, Jr. and Virginia H. Cockrell, and grandson of Ernest Cockrell, Sr.
The purpose of The Cockrell Foundation is to provide financial support for charitable organizations in the Houston area in support of education, health, civic, religious and social services. The Cockrell Foundation remains dedicated to the charitable purposes set forth by its founder and the Cockrell Family.
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