Mimi Robbins McBride, 62, passed away on November 9, 2015. Mimi received a vocal scholarship to attend the University of Montana as a music major. She later received another scholarship to attend ASU where she earned her B.A. in Elementary Education and Library Science and was selected as the librarian for the Salt River Day School in Gila River, Arizona. Mimi also worked with Tempe-based The Bilingual Center and later joined the staff of the National Indian Education Association's Project MEDIA, a federally funded program focusing on the eradication of racism and stereotyping. Mimi earned two masters degrees: an M. Ed from ASU and an M.L.S. from the University of Arizona in Tucson. She founded, established, and maintained the American Indian Library Materials Center at Hayden Library on ASU campus. Because of funding that Mimi raised for the university, the American Indian collection later became known as the Labriola Center (named after the benefactors) and has become an integral part of the ASU Library and campus life. In order to share both her artistic and educational dreams, Mimi formed her own organization, WorldViews International. She conceived and published a quarterly journal that contained reviews of American Indian media materials by American Indian professionals. She published The American Indian Quarterly Review for over a decade. Mimi was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include her mother, two sisters, two brothers, two nieces and a nephew. Funeral services for Mimi have already been held in Polson, Montana.

(Source: ASU Foundation)