Professor Emerita Has Second Book Published

Family and Consumer Sciences

June 17, 2015

Marlene Breu, professor emerita of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, will be having her second book published that she wrote during her time at WMU. The book, “Treasures of Faith: Sacred Relics and Artifacts from Armenian Orthodox Churches of Istanbul,” deals with metal, wood, and a select few textiles. A copy of the book will be available WMU’s main library come late summer.

This is the second book that Breu has had published since her retirement in late 2008. The first, “Splendor and Pageantry: Textile Treasures from the Armenian Orthodox Churches of Istanbul,” was published in 2011.