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Note: http://www.unl.edu/scarlet/v9n17/v9n17record.html June 10, 1999 Mueller Remembered for Good Humor, Dedication to NU By Robert Sheldon, Public Relations
Carl Mueller, director of Sponsored Programs-Finance at NU, died April 29 at his home. He was 63.
Mueller, who was with NU for 35 years, started as fiscal assistant with the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute before becoming assistant business manager for the university a year later. He was grants management assistant to the dean of the NU Medical College for one year before he began his tenure in the grants and contracts section, later Sponsored Programs-Finance, in 1967. Sponsored Programs-Finance supervises programs funded from outside organizations or individuals which contain provisions or restrictions on the use of funds, such as research programs funded through the National Science Foundation and other agencies.
Kim Phelps, NU assistant vice chancellor for fiscal affairs, said Mueller was the lead administrator in managing NU grants and contracts for funding for more than 25 years. He was also a major resource for other land grant universities and professional groups who had questions about federal contracting policies.
"The university has lost a real treasure with the passing of Carl Mueller," Phelps said. "I believe few others on campus had the knowledge, credibility, and respect from faculty and staff that Carl commanded.
"He loved life, and he loved this institution. We will miss his good humor, his desire to serve others, and his dedication to making this university a better place."
Mueller, who had planned to retire this summer, was to have been honored in May at a meeting of the Big 12 Sponsored Programs Directors, an organization he helped found. His career and his contributions to the group and to his profession were eulogized at the meeting.
Mueller earned a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from Kearney State College in 1960, and served for three years in the U.S. Army before beginning his career at the university.
Obit from Kearney Hub, 1 May 1999
Carl W. Mueller, 63, of Lincoln died Thursday, April 29, 1999, in Lincoln.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the 'Roper and Sons Chapel in Lincoln with the Rev. Philip Swenson officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Amherst.
Visitiation will be begin at 1 p.m. today (Saturday) at the mortuary located at 4300 "O" Street in Lincoln. Family will greet friends from 6:30-8 p.m. Sunday.
Memorials are suggested to the family.
He was born on March 17, 1936, in Kearney to William and Viola (Labs) Mueller. He had been the Funds Manager at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for 36 years.
He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, the Mayors Advisory Board for Startran, the Garden Club and was an Army Veteran.
Survivors include his wife Joyce, Lincoln; daughters Heidi Dinges and Gretchen Mueller, both of Lincoln; sons, Martin, Lincoln and Eric, Spanaway, Wash.; mother, Hills (sic) Mo.; sister, Mona Houser, Hillsboro, Mo.; one grandson; and two step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father.
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