November 13, 1907-November 18, 1982
Personal Data
Born: November 13, 1907
Died: November 18, 1982
Burial: Roselawn Cemetery, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Education
Employment
State Director of Adult Education, St. Paul, Minn.
Past Chairman, NAPSAE Projects Committee
NAPSAE Projects Committee; Past President
Minnesota Educ. Assn.; Past Pres., Missouri Valley Adult Education Assn.;
Awards and Honors
1972 Outstanding Service Award, National Association for Public Continuing and Adult Education (NAPCAE)
1978 MVAEA Founder's Award, Missouri Valley Adult Education Association (recognized as the highest honor the association can bestow, awarded for the first time to Mr. Mueller)
Recipient 1959 MVAEA Achievement Award
Hall of Fame Recipient
Membership-Professional Organization
1964-1965 President, National Association for Public School Adult Education (NAPSAE)
Missouri Valley Adult Education Association
Former Member of NAPSAE Board of Directors; Chrmn., Prog. Committee
1960 NAPSAE Conference; Member
Publications
Helped edit A Treasury of Techniques for Teaching Adults. Orginal contribution to the issues of Techniques for Teachers of Adults, a newsletter
Article: Role of the Public Library in Adult Education, June 1956, Vol. 18, pp. 163-165. Database: Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective: 1905-1983 (H.W. Wilson)
Article: Fifty-five years of Adult Education, November 1960, Vol. 41, pp. 20-22, 3p, Database: Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (H.W. Wilson)
Article: Lifelong Learning, April 1956, Vol. 36, p13-14, 2p, Database: Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (H.W. Wilson)
Article: Variety is the Spice, November 1959, Vol. 40, pp. 18-19, 2p, Database: Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (H.W. Wilson)
Article: Adults can learn, September 1958, Vol. 39, p. 19, 1p, Database: Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (H.W. Wilson)
Professional Interest Areas
Major Contributions to Adult Education
According to Duane Mattheis, Former Minnesota Commissioner of Education, Elmer Mueller contributed many programs in school districts in the state of Minnesota.
Interesting Facts
First recipient of the MVAEA Founder's Award in 1978.
References