
Muriel was born in Spokane, WA and attended school in Portland, OR. She received her Pharmacy degree from Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Washington, Seattle. She taught for two years in the School of Pharmacy at Oregon State University in Corvallis and for 31 years in the NDSU College of Pharmacy, retiring in 1987 as Professor Emeritus. She held pharmacy licenses for 50 years in OR, WA and ND.