Background
McCoy, Lois Clark was born on October 1, 1920 in New Haven.
McCoy, Lois Clark was born on October 1, 1920 in New Haven.
Bachelor of Science, Skidmore College, 1942. Student, National Search and Rescue School, 1974.
Assistant buyer R.H. Macy & Company, New York City, 1942-1944, associate buyer, 1944-1948. Instructor Mountain Medicine & Survival, University California, San Diego, 1973-1974. Consultant editor Search & Rescue Magazine, 1975, Rescue Magazine, 1988-1997, editor, 1992-1994, Press On Newsletter, 1992—2000.
Coordinator San Diego Mountain Rescue Team, La Jolla, California, 1973-1975. Disaster officer San Diego County, 1980-1986, Santa Barbara County, 1985-1991, retired. President National Institute Urban Search & Rescue, Inc., since 1987.
Associate director Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, 2003^. Member project information technologies to enhance disaster management, National Academy of Sciences, 2005, group using information technical to enhance crisis preparedness and response, National Research Council, 2005. Lecturer in field.
Author: Search and Rescue Glossary, 1974, The Last Desperado, 2005, Kiss, Shoot, Aim, 2006, Max's Story, 2006, Unspoken Words, 2007. Contributor editor Rescue Magazine, 1989-1997. Editor-in-chief Response! magazine, 1982-1986.
Editor Press On! Electronic magazine, 1994-2001. Advisory board Hazard Monthly, 1991-1999. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Consultant law enforcement division California Office Emergency Services, 1976-1977. President San Diego Committee for Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, 1957-1958. Board directors Search and Rescue of the Californias, 1976-1977.
Executive secretary National Association for Search and Rescue, Inc., Nashville, La Jolla, 1975-1980, comptroller, 1980-1982, board directors, 1980-1987, president, 1985-1987, trustee, 1987-1990, member California Order of the Eastern Star strategic committee, 1992-1996. Chief Executive Officer National Institute for Urban Search, since 1989. Member Governor's Task Force on Earthquakes, 1981-1982, Earthquake Preparedness Task Force, Seismic Safety Commission, 1982-1985, Army Science and Technology Commission, 2003.
Advisory council National Memorial Institute for the Protection from Terrorism. Named to National Science Foundation Project Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management, 2005. Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (named to Army Science and Technology committee for Homeland Defense 2003-2004, board directors since 2003), San Diego Mountain Rescue (life), National Association Search and Rescue (life Service award 1985, 2002), Secretariat: The Walking Drum, Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club.
Married Herbert Irving McCoy, October 17, 1943. Children: Whitney, Kevin, Marianne, Tori, Debra, Sally, Daniel.