Copp Collins

Background

Collins, Copp was born on December 31, 1914 in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. Son of Harrie Richards and Elsie (Parsons) Collins.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Redlands, 1938.

Career

Manager San Diego bureau, Uttar Pradesh assistant Los Angeles bureau, Uttar Pradesh, 1939-1940; flight administration, commercial sales supervisor, Convair Corporation, 1942-1947; owner, Copp Collins Public Relations, San Diego and Beverly Hills, California, 1948-1951; representative public relations West Coast area, Mutual Broadcasting System, New York City, 1951-1953; manager public relations, Mutual Broadcasting System, New York City, 1953-1955; manager public relations, Bahrain (Persian Gulf) Petroleum Company Ltd., 1955-1958; assistant to executive vice president, Burns & Roe, Inc., New York City, 1958-1960; consultant public relations, Copp Collins Associations, New York City and Westport, Connecticut, 1960-1961; president, consultant public relations, Copp Collins Associations, New York City and Westport, Connecticut, 1963-1967; vice-president, director public relations, Chirurg & Cairns, Inc., New York City and Boston, 1961-1962; vice-president, director public relations, Friend-Reiss Advertising, Inc., New York City, 1962-1963; president, Collins & Lynge, Ltd., New York City and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1965-1967; director marketing merchandising, North America Soccer League, 1967-1968; director information, National Pro Soccer League, 1967-1968; assistant to director communications, Nixon for President Nixon-Agnew campaign committees. Assistant to director communications, Office of President-Elect, Washington and New York City, 1968-1969; assistant to secretary, USDA, Washington, 1969; consultant public affairs, Department State, 1969-1970; consultant special assistant to director, Peace Corps, 1970-1971; assistant to secretary, S.W. field representative, Department Interior, 1971-1973; director regional operations, Federal Energy Office interagency coordinator, assistant director executive secretariat, FEO-Federal Energy Administration consultant, National Energy Information Center, Federal Energy Administration, 1973-1975; consultant, Office of Energy Programs, Department Commerce, 1975-1977; consultant energy and minerals division, General Accounting Office, 1977-1978; consultant energy and minerals division, President's Commision on Coal, 1978-1979; consultant energy and minerals division, Burns & Roe, Inc., Washington, 1979; consultant to director Biomass division, consultant to assistant secretary fossil energy, Department Energy, Washington, 1979-1981; federal and business consultant, since 1986.

Achievements

• Copp Collins has been listed as a noteworthy federal, corporate, institutional consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman public relations advisory council to Southern Connecticut chapters American Red Cross, 1955. Press aide primary campaign Sen. Clifford Case, 1959-1960, Ogden Reid for Congress Committee, Westchester County, 1962, 64.

Board directors Northland Pioneer College Foundation, Arizona, since 1991. Member Redlands University Alumni Association (past chapter chairman), Pi Kappa Delta, Alpha Phi Gamma, Kappa Sigma Sigma.

Connections

Married Frances Cordelia Truax, September 28, 1940. Children: Michael Truax, Nicole Elyse Collins MacArthur, Copp Parsons.

Father:

Harrie Richards Collins

Mother:

Elsie (Parsons) Collins

Spouse:

Frances Cordelia Truax

child:

Copp Parsons Collins

child:

Michael Truax Collins

child:

Nicole Elyse Collins MacArthur Collins