Mary E. Malcolm graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1921 with a B.A. in music. She pursued a Master's degree at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester (Rochester, NY), graduating in 1945. She also studied in Paris, France under Nadia Boulanger. Ms. Malcolm was a professor of music at the University of Minnesota from 1922 until 1967, when she had reached the mandatory retirement age of 68.
From the guide to the Mary E. Malcolm papers, 1935-1967, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc])