By Julie Waters, M.M. '91
 
 

Mary Arlin ’61 is an institution at Ithaca College.

No one would argue with that. Except maybe Arlin herself. The professor of music is a master in her field, music theory. She is well known to everyone who’s had anything to do with the Ithaca College School of Music for the past four decades. She’s also friend to many from the four other schools, a loyal and dedicated IC alumna and faculty member, and a great resource for newcomers and old-timers alike.

With more than 40 years of affiliation with the College, she’s been called a mine of information about campus history. She is one of but a few current faculty members on South Hill with a link to the downtown campus, which she attended as an undergraduate student from 1957 to 1961.