[2] Cook has made charitable contributions to her alma mater, Indiana University, and serves on the board of the Indiana University Foundation.
[6] She received the Gertrude Rich Award in 1983 an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 1993, both from Indiana University.
[4] She is a co-founder of the Monroe County Historical Society Museum, a member of the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, and a Landmark member of The Nature Conservancy.
[9] Their son, Carl Cook, succeeded William as CEO upon the latter's death.
[4] She has coauthored two books on local landmarks, A Guide to Southern Indiana (1972, with William Cook) and Monroe County in Focus (1990, with Diana Hawes and Will Counts).