http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 28 August 2010 Obituary of Frederick Leon 'Fred' Coogan __________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Lawton Constitution" [OK], 13 JUL 1959): SAYRE - Fred L. Coogan, the man who nominated Gen. Douglas [MacArthur] for president in the... ...home here Sunday after a long illness. He was 70. Coogan, an oil operator, was prominent in Republican party... ...ran against Morris last year and was again defeated... Coogan was a state Republican committeeman for Beckham several years and... __________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "New York Times", 13 JUL 1959, PAGE 27): FRED COOGAN DIES AT 70 Nominated MacArthur For President at '52 Convention SAYRE, Okla., July 12 (AP) - Fred Coogan, who nominated General of the Army Douglas MacArthur for President at the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1952, died at his home here today. He was 70 years old. Mr. Coogan, longtime Republican State Committeeman, had been ill for the last ten weeks with a liver ailment. He had worked here since 1923 as an oil operator. Surviving are his widow, two sons and a daughter. __________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Kingsport Times" [TN], 13 JUL 1959, PAGE 10): SAYRE, Okla. (AP) - Fred Cogan [sic], 70, Oklahoma Republican state committeeman for many years who nominated Gen. Douglas MacArthur for president in 1952, died Sunday. Coogan was a native of Lima, Ohio. __________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Bridgeport Post" [CT], 13 JUL 1959): SAYRE, Okla. - July 13 - Fred Coogan, 70, Oklahoma Republican state... ...for many years who nominated Gen. Douglas MacArthur for President in 1952, died Sunday. Coogan, who had been ill 10 weeks with a liver ailment... __________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Dover Daily Reporter" [OH], 13 JUL 1959): ...became a prominent Oklahoma Republican... ...died at his home here... ...Coogan came to... ...in 1923 and worked as an oil operator... ...while serving many years as a GOP state... ...It was Coogan who nominated Douglas MacArthur for President at the 1952 national... __________________________________________________________________