Marilyn Martin ’77

Marilyn died July 30, 2017, in Las Cruces, N.M. She was 61.

Marilyn was born Nov. 28, 1955, in Norfolk, Va., to Donnan and Hazel Martin. She was a scholarship student at the Tatnall School in Wilmington, Del. She graduated with honors from Princeton, then moved to New York City.

In the early 1980s she was a resident artist in El Paso, Texas. She moved to Las Cruces, where she worked at New Mexico State University as director of the student-computing lab. She met her husband, Steve McGee, in 1989 and got married in 1990. Their daughter, Charlotte, was born in 1993. Nine months later, Marilyn was diagnosed with leukemia. After three years of treatment, she went into remission.

Marilyn danced with Jewells of the Desert with heart and soul. She was a passionate artist with exceptional talent and was a strong advocate for La Casa and benzodiazepine recovery while an active community volunteer.

She was a loving and loyal friend whose zaniness, spontaneity, and infectious energy will be missed. She was “one in a million.”

She is survived by her husband, Steve; her daughter, Charlotte; her sister, Suzanna; and her father, Donnan. Visit her tribute page: marilyn.martin.muchloved.com.