Mary Yancey

In 1924 Cox, Head of Ceramic Engineering, hired Yancey, 1922 design graduate of Newcomb College, as an instructor in the ceramic engineering department. Her position had two priorities: teaching pottery design and creating pottery for exhibiting throughout the state. Yancey's pottery was sold and the resulting funds were returned to the department to assist in funding its operations. Yancey left the department in 1930 but continued to teach courses in decorative pottery at the college level until her retirement. She now resides in California (1989).