Alfred W. McCoy
Alfred W. McCoy was born in Rioko, Massachusetts, United States on June 8th, 1945 and is the American Historian Of Southeast Asia And Of The Drug Trades. At the age of 78, Alfred W. McCoy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Born in Concord, Massachusetts to Alfred Mudge McCoy, Jr. and Margarita Piel, a noted urban planner, educator, and descendant of the originators of Piels Beer, McCoy graduated from the Kent School in 1964, where he earned varsity letters in football, rowing, and wrestling. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in European History from Columbia University in 1968, a Master of Arts in Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Southeast Asian History from Yale University in 1977. His dissertation, advised by Harold C. Conklin was entitled Yloilo: Factional Conflict in a Colonial Economy, Iloilo Province, Philippines, 1937-1955, which examined the region of Iloilo.
McCoy began his teaching career as a lecturer at Yale, while he was still a doctoral student (1976-1977). He spent the next academic year as a research fellow at the Australian National University. McCoy remained in Australia at the University of New South Wales as a lecturer (1978-1981), senior lecturer (1981-1985), and was eventually promoted to associate professor (1985-1989). He returned to the United States in 1989 as a full professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has since spent his career. McCoy has been given two endowed chairs during his tenure: John R.W. Smail (2004-2015) and Fred Harvey Harrington (2015-present).
- 1985 - Philippine National Book Award
- 1995 - Philippine National Book Award
- 1998 - Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad
- 2001 - Philippine National Book Award
- 2001 - Association for Asian Studies, Grant Goodman Prize
- 2004 - University of Wisconsin Graduate School, J.R.W. Smail Chair in History
- 2011 - Association for Asian Studies, George Kahin Prize
- 2012 - Yale Graduate School Alumni Association, Wilbur Cross Medal
- 2012 - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Hilldale Award for Arts and Humanities