Born August 14, 1942, Chicago, Illinois. Historian, professor. Suellen Hoy was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 14, 1942. She earned her B.A. from St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, in 1965. She earned her M.A. and Ph. D. in 1971 and 1975 respectively at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Dr. Hoy began her career as a history teacher at Marian Central High School in Woodstock, Illinois, and Highland Senior High School in Highland, Indiana, where she taught until 1968. In 1974, she taught as an assistant professor in the history department at the State University of New York until she was appointed director of the Public Works Historical Society in Chicago in 1975. In 1981, Dr. Hoy took a position as deputy director of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she remained until 1987. Dr. Hoy became a visiting associate professor in the History Department at the University of Notre Dame where she continued to research and write prolifically about the history of cleanliness, public health, Catholic women religious, and Chicago history.
From the description of Suellen Hoy, Ph. D., papers, 1810-2006. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495864591
