Peter McCoy elected to Board of Visitors by General Assembly
Charleston native and 1974 Citadel graduate Peter McCoy is the newest member of The Citadel Board of Visitors.
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McCoy begins his six-year term on July 1. Elected by the S.C. General Assembly this past spring, he replaces Tommy McQueeney, ’74. Also elected is Allison Dean Love, a 1993 graduate of The Citadel Graduate College and an incumbent board member.
The Citadel Board of Visitors is composed of 11 graduates of the college: seven elected by joint vote of the South Carolina General Assembly, three elected by members of The Citadel Alumni Association and one appointed by the governor.
McCoy is a graduate of St. Andrews High School where he lettered in both wrestling and football. He enrolled at The Citadel in 1970 where he was a four-year starter and letterman on the wrestling team, a member of the National Education Association and a member of the athletic training cadre his sophomore and junior years. A member of Delta Company, he graduated with a degree in education.
A father of two and resident of Hartsville, S.C., McCoy has worked for Sonoco Products Co. for 28 years in both manufacturing and sales. He is a member of The Brigadier Foundation and a Life Member of The Citadel Alumni Association.
Love has been elected by the General Assembly three times and is the only woman to serve on the college governing board. A resident of Columbia, S.C., she is the president and CEO of Allison Dean Love Consulting, a PR and communication firm with local, state and national clients that include the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety. She is the former executive director of the South Carolina Insurance News Service, a non-profit organization which provides insurance information to the media and consumers.
In addition to an MBA from The Citadel, she has a degree in Management from Middle Tennessee State University and has completed a year toward a Ph.D. in Communications/Public Relations at the University of South Carolina. She is a lifetime member of The Citadel Alumni Association and member of The Citadel Brigadier Foundation.
