Angela McShan

Angela McShan
Born(1961-05-04)May 4, 1961
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
DiedDecember 29, 2000(2000-12-29) (aged 39)
Newport, Rhode Island
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCoast Guardsman
Known forFirst African American female Master Chief in USCG

Angela McShan (4 May 1961 – December 29, 2000) was a highly regarded Coast Guardsman in the United States Coast Guard.[1][2] In 1999 McShan was the first African-American to be appointed an instructor at the Chief Petty Officers' Academy.[3] In 2000 McShan was the Coast Guard's first African-American woman to be promoted to Master Chief Petty Officer.[4]

McShan enlisted in the Coast Guard in July 1979.[5] For her first fourteen years in the Coast Guard she served as a storekeeper. In her final six years McShan served as a yeoman, a civil rights counselor, and finally, an instructor.[6] She was promoted to Master Chief Petty Officer two months before her death in 2000 from cancer.[5][6]

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