George Franklin McCoy (1922-2017).

Presents an obituary for George Franklin McCoy, who passed away on February 6, 2017, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. McCoy was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, having been born to Cherokee Nation citizens. He served as school psychologist for the Champaign, Illinois schools (1958-1962) and then began his 18 year career (1962-1980) as a psychology professor at Illinois State Normal University (ISNU, now ISU), where he also served as the school psychologist for the Thomas Metcalf and University High Schools. True to his Cherokee citizenship and Oklahoma roots, in 1980 he joined the United States Indian Health Services (IHS) as a psychologist at the Carl Albert Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma. He later served as Director of Behavioral Health for the IHS, Phoenix Area Office and as Deputy Director for all IHS Behavioral Health Programs in Rockville, Maryland. Returning to Tulsa in 1994, he started as a volunteer psychologist at the Indian Health Care Resource Center, where he was then employed until his retirement in 2004 and was honored as Elder of the Year. (PsycINFO Database Record