Long time Librarian Retiree Martha Mueller passed away on
April 4, 2018. “Matt” as her friends
knew her was a regular at many Alfred University functions and was a true Saxon
supporter. She was an avid team trivia competitor and a supporter of all of the
performing arts programs. She joined
the NYS College of Ceramics on March 1, 1969 and retired on August 31,
1994. She was born and raised in Joplin,
MO and graduated from the University of Missouri with a BS in Education and
then received her MS in Library Science from the Carnegie Institute of Technology
(now Carnegie-Mellon) in 1958. A world
traveler, Matt visited over 20 foreign countries and all of the 48 lower states
prior to joining the College of Ceramics.
She brought with her an interesting mix of experiences having worked as
a Junior HS English Teacher, a Researcher/Librarian for an investment-banking
firm on Wall Street, and as a College Librarian. For two years, she lived and worked in
Australia at the National Library of Australia in Canberra before returning to
the United States and assuming a position as the Head of the Serial Department
at the Kresge Library at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. She was predeceased by her sister Jeanne
Lewin and had no other living relatives.
At her request, no services are planned at this time.
