Background
Comfort, Louise Kloos was born on August 3, 1935 in Herman, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Prettyman Howard and Valborg Oline (Fjoslien) Kloos.
Comfort, Louise Kloos was born on August 3, 1935 in Herman, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Prettyman Howard and Valborg Oline (Fjoslien) Kloos.
Bachelor with honors in Political Science and Philosophy, Macalester College, 1956; Master of Arts in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1975.
Research associate Center International Studies, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1959-1960;
research assistant, Center Adavanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1962-1963;
assistant professor political science, Holy Names College, Oakland, California, 1966-1971;
assistant professor, San Jose (California) State University, 1976-1980;
associate professor, San Jose (California) State University, 1980-1982;
professorial lecturer, Golden Gate U., San Francisco, 1982-1984;
lecturer, research associate department public administration, department management science, California State University, Hayward, 1983-1984;
associate professor, U. Pittsburgh, since 1984. Visiting lecturer San Jose (California) State University, 1975-1976, University of California, Berkeley,1984. Research associate Institute Governmental Studies University of California, Berkeley, 1988-1989, 90, 91, 94.
Visiting professor department public administration Leiden U., The Netherlands, 1993. Consultant in field.
Member planning group Multijurisdictional Disaster Operations Exercise Federal Region III, 1988-1989. Advisor information system for emergency planning Allegheny County Emergency Management Agency, Pittsburgh, since 1988. Member American Society for Public Administration (member planning and evaluation committee 1986-1989, chairperson section emergency management 1990-1992, member international task force since 1992), American Political Science Association (Pittsburgh chapter, member women's caucus for political science, member committee status of women 1986-1989, co-chairperson committee for women's platform 1989-1990), National Academy Public Administration (member national review panel since 1993), Association Public Policy and Management, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Western Political Science Association (chairperson committee on professional development 1990-1991, Sigma Xi.
Married Richard Allen Comfort, August 24, 1958 (divorced 1975). Children: Nathaniel Charles, Honore Louise.