Bernice McCoy

Bernice McCoy (1878 - October 15, 1944) was an American educator, Dean of Women at State Normal School, Lewiston.

Early life Bernice McCoy was born in 1878 in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of J. B. McCoy and Harriet Hald. In 1909 she became a postgraduate student at Columbia University.

Bernice McCoy was an assistant professor of Education at University of Idaho. She was Director of Placement Service and Non-Resident Instruction. In 1916 she declined to be a candidate for renomination.

She was an instructor at Lewiston State Normal School, Lewiston, Idaho. She was Dean of Women at State Normal School, Lewiston, from 1917 to 1919. In 1919 she resigned to take up war service.

She was a member of the State Board of Education. In 1917 she corresponded with Ada Lois James.

Personal life Bernice McCoy moved to Idaho in 1893 and lived at 801 West Sixth St., Moscow, Idaho.

She died on October 15, 1944, in Lewinston, Idaho, and is buried at Normal Hill Cemetery.