Editing Nancy S. Mueller (section)

= Early Life =
'''Nancy Mueller''' grew up in Latham, NY, and earned her B.S. in chemistry from Russell Sage College, a mostly women's college, in 1965. After college, Mueller joined her future husband in Palo Alto, CA, and worked for Syntex Corporation in pharmaceutical chemistry. In 12972, when her second child was born, Mueller retired from chemistry and started volunteering at a nonprofit restaurant that served quiche, which is where the idea for her company began.