Lois Baker Muehl

Background

Muehl, Lois Baker was born on April 29, 1920 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Arthur Franklin and Mary Hull Baker.

Education

Bachelor in English, Oberlin College, 1941. Master of Arts in English Education, University Iowa, 1966.

Career

English teacher, drama coach Upper Sandusky (Ohio) High School, 1941—1942. Television station camera operator, actress W9XBK, Chicago, 1942—1943. News anchor WIS Radio Station, Columbia, South Carolina, 1944.

Freelance writer, since 1959. Director reading laboratory, associate professor rhetoric University Iowa, Iowa City, 1964—1966, 1968—1985. Reading specialist Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1966—1968.

English teacher Hehei University, Nanjing, China, 1987—1988. Teacher creative writing, adult education Iowa City Public Schools, 1961—1963. Teacher English as Second Language adult education Merced (California) Public Schools, 1984, 86, Kyungnam University, Masan, Republic of Korea, 1985.

Achievements

• Lois Baker Muehl has been listed as a notable writer, language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Talkable tales: Read-a-rebus stories

    (Spiral bound, brilliant volume of Read-A-Rebus stories by...)

  • Trading Cultures in the Classroom: Two American Teachers in China

    (Book by Muehl, Lois Baker, Muehl, Siegmar)

  • Winter holiday brain teasers
  • Hidden Year of Devlin Bates
  • A Reading Approach to Rhetoric

Membership

Volunteer teacher writing Senior Center, Iowa City, 1991—1993. Co-founder, sustainer wild flower park Neighborhood Association, 1998—2003. Volunteer teacher refugee camps International Rescue Committee, Thailand, 1980, Thailand, 1982.

Member of University Club Writers' Group, Iowa Poetry Association (area representative 1990—2007, poetry prizes), Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Folk art, gardening, swimming, beachcombing, yoga.

Connections

Married Siegmar Muehl, April 15, 1944. Children: Erika, Sigrid, Torsten, Brian.

Father:

Arthur Franklin

Mother:

Mary Hull Baker

Spouse:

Siegmar Muehl

child:

Brian Muehl

child:

Erika Muehl

child:

Torsten Muehl

child:

Sigrid Muehl