Michael Cook (diplomat)

[2] He graduated from Geelong Grammar School and was awarded a scholarship to attend Trinity College at the University of Melbourne where he studied law.[6] One of Cook's final duties in this role was opening an inquiry into whether the KGB had infiltrated the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.[10][11] After the couple divorced, Ibbitson relocated to the United States and married legal counsel to the National Gallery of Art Phillip C. Jessup Jr., who became stepfather to Cook's four children.[15] A private funeral service was held for Cook but relatives, friends and neighbours were invited to a public gathering at his home on 6 July 2017 to celebrate his life.[15] Inexplicably, Cook was posthumously chosen in 2018 to be a "patron of mateship" by Australia's ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey to support bilateral relations.
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