COLLECTOR'S CORNER A TRIBUTE TO DR. JOELLA F. UTLEY (1935–2019)

Many members will have met Joella Utley when she hosted the American Musical Instrument Society on two occasions in her magnificent timber-framed home near Spartanburg, South Carolina, in May 2001, and during the most recent meeting in May 2019. Dr. Joella Faye Jordan Utley was born on September 20, 1935, in Clinton, a small town in western Oklahoma. She earned an undergraduate degree in music education from Oklahoma State University. In 1956, she married Joe Roy Utley, who, after moving to St. Louis, encouraged Joella to attend medical school at Washington State University, where she trained as radiation oncologist. After retiring from her medical career, Joella earned a MM degree in Music History from Converse College in Spartanburg in 2007, aged 72. Joella was a long-time member of several boards of trustees, including the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina; the National Board of Advisors for the Trumpet Competition at George Mason University; and the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota, where she served for 20 years.