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Margarita Piel McCoy (May 25, 1923 — March 31, 2016) was an American urban planner and educator. McCoy was among the first women in the United States to achieve academic tenure as a professor of urban planning, and the first to chair an urban planning department.
Summary. An early advocate for planning, Margarita Piel McCoy, FAICP, brought a strong female voice to the profession at a time when men dominated the field. She became the first woman appointed to a full professorship of urban planning at a major university, and the first woman to chair a planning department in the U.S.
2023 Margarita McCoy Public Lecture series: "Public Engagement in Urban Planning: Building on our Purpose toward a Stronger Vision" Date: November 16, 2023. Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Location: Bldg. 7 Rm. 203 or via Zoom.
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Margarita Piel McCoy, the distinguished urban planner who was the first woman to chair a university department of urban planning in the United States and the daughter of a famed New York brewing family, died on March 31 at her long-time home in La Habra Heights, California. She was 92.
The main thing you need to know about Margarita Piel McCoy, FAICP, is that once she decided on a course of action, she stuck to it. Steven Preston, FAICP, nominated McCoy for this year's Planning Pioneer Award. He cited her accomplishments as both a planning practitioner and a teacher.
Mar 31, 2016 · Remembering a pioneer: Margarita P. McCoy. July 7, 2016. Born in New York to a German-American brewing dynasty, Margarita McCoy was a pioneer for women in the urban planning field. Her 50-year career began in 1959 as an elected member of the planning board for the City of Sudbury in Massachusetts.
This public lecture program honors the late Professor Emerita Margarita McCoy, who served as professor and chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Cal Poly Pomona from 1976-89. The first woman to chair a university department of planning in the United States, she spent her 50-year career pressing university departments ...
