Background
Hoy, Mary Camilla was born on January 3, 1925 in Clinton, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of William Edwin and Mabel Elizabeth (George) Hoy.
Hoy, Mary Camilla was born on January 3, 1925 in Clinton, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of William Edwin and Mabel Elizabeth (George) Hoy.
AB magna cum laude, University South Carolina, 1943. Master of Arts, University South Carolina, 1944. Postgraduate, University Paris, 1947.
Doctor of Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, 1954.
Instructor French and Spanish Sweet Briar College, 1948-1950, St. Mary's College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1952-1959. Assistant professor French Birmingham Southern College (Alabama), 1959-1961, associate professor, 1961-1966. Associate professor French East Carolina University, 1966-1967.
Chairman department foreign langs Greensboro (North Carolina) College, 1967-1982. Chairman division humanities Greensboro College (North Carolina), 1982-1984, Moore professor French and Spanish, 1985—1989, professor emerita, 1989—2010.
Member American Modern Language Association, S. Atlantic Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers French, American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese (secretary North Carolina chapter 1982-1984), American Association of University Women (corporation delegate Greensboro College), Nature Conservancy, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chi (regional president 1984-1986).