Architect
Kathryn Quinn- Courtesy of KBB Online
Name: Kathryn Quinn
Education: Degree in Architecture, University of Illinois in Chicago
Date of Death / Location: Worked for Thomas Beeby and Harry Weese; Partner, Quinn & Linda Searl Architects; Founded Kathrynn Quinn Architects in 1985.
Deborah Doyle. Courtesy of LinkedIn.
Name: Deborah Doyle
Education: Bachelor of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology; Graduate Diploma with High Honors, Architectural Association of London.
Date of Death / Location: Stanely and Tigerman Associates; Visiting partner at Reichen et Robert in Paris; Doyle and Associates
Professional Organizations & Activities: Former President, Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (1997-1998); The Chicago Architectural Club; Architecture and Design Society of the Art Institute; Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois. Doyle's work is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute and has also been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, MOMA, the Walker Art Center, the Museo di Castelvecchio, the Pompidou Center, the Kimball Museum, and the Chicago Historical Society.
Margaret Zirkel Young Headshot (1972)
Name: Margaret Zirkel Young
Date of Birth / Location: 1941 / Southern Germany
Education: Graduated from Nicholas Senn High School in Chicago in June 1960 with 3 college credit courses and 2 years of Mechanical Drafting (in lieu of typing, sewing or home economics). University of Illinois at Navy Pier Undergraduate Campus (1960-1963). Illinois School of Real Estate Appraising in Chicago, Illinois (1961). Earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana (1963-1966). Real Estate Education Co. School, Chicago, Illinois (1981-1982).
Date of Death / Location: Walter R. Kuehnle and Co. Real Estate Appraisers, 1960-1963; Franz Lipp and Associates, Landscape Architects,1964-1965. Robert J. Smith Architect, 1966; George A. Hinds & Associates Ltd. Architects, 1966-1969; Ezra Gordon & Jack M. Levin & Associates, 1969-1986 and as an Associate from 1974-1986; Project Manager as part of the Executive Management Team with Arthur Andersen & Co. and Accenture 1986 - 2002.
Professional Organizations & Activities: Registered Architect, State of Illinois, 1971. National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1974. Founding Member of Chicago Women in Architecture, 1974. Corporate Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), 1975. Registered Real Estate Broker in the State of Illinois, 1982. Teamed with architects Betty J. Ritter, Alyce Knight, and Celia Pew to create the Triton College sponsored video, “Shadows on the Landscape,” a 34-minute video to stimulate the interest of high school students in architecture as a profession.
Patricia Lloyd. Courtesy of Kaip Lloyd Associates.
Name: Patricia A. Lloyd
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, New Jersey City State College; Bachelor of Architecture, Pratt Institute.
Date of Death / Location: Lloyd began her career at Skidmore, Owings and Merril (SOM) in Chicago on large scale international commercial projects. She started at SOM in January of 1977 and stayed through March of 1978; she was hired as an Architect 1 in David Sharpe's studio. She later went on to co-found Kaip-Lloyd Associates, an architectural and interior practice in Barrington, Illinois.
Awards & Honors: Ms. Lloyd is an associate of the Illinois Chapter of ALA.
Name: Rachel Barlow James
Date of Birth / Location: January 5, 1924 / Logan, Utah
Education: Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young University, 1945; Bachelor of Architecture, University of Illinois, 1951.
Date of Death / Location: Friedman, Alscholer & Sincere, 1951-1953; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, 1953.
Professional Organizations & Activities: As of 1970, Rachel James Barlow was employed at the chief architect of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District. Member of the AIA Chicago Chapter since 1968.
Awards & Honors: Department of Army Certificate of Achievement, 1968; Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service, 1969.
Po Hu Shao (n.d.). Courtesy of Loebl Schossman & Hackl.
Name: Po Hu (Margaret) Shao
Date of Birth / Location: Shanghai, China
Education: Bachelor of the Arts, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; Master of Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1952.
Date of Death / Location: Firm William Edward Kapp in Detroit, 1949 -1952; Principal at Loebl, Schlossman, and Hackl, In. 1949; Loebl, Schlossman and Bennett, 1958-n.d.
Professional Organizations & Activities: Taught for at the National Central University from 1941-1946. In 1978, Shao's design for Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School was featured in the "Chicago Women Architects: Contemporary Directions" exhibition at the Artemisia Gallery in Chicago, Illinois.
Awards & Honors: Barbour Scholarship for Oriental Women by the University of Michigan, 1949. Award for the Design of Deerfield High School from the American Association of School Administrators,1961.
Name: Isabel Ling Chan
Education: Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan (undergraduate); University of Minnesota (graduate)
Professional Organizations & Activities: American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Juliet Alice Peddle. Source unknown.
Name: Juliet Alice Peddle
Date of Birth / Location: June 7, 1899 / Terra Haute, Indiana
Date of Death / Location: September 7, 1979 / Terra Haute, Indiana
Education: Bachelor's in Architecture, University of Michigan, 1922. While at the University of Michigan she belonged to the T-Square Society, a club for female architecture and engineering students established in 1915. She completed some continuing education at the Berkshire Summer Art Institute as well as the Art Institute of Chicago.
Date of Death / Location: Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton, 1920s; Edward H. Clark, 1920s; Historic American Building Survey, 1930s; Private practice, ca. 1935-1965.
Professional Organizations & Activities: Peddle received her Illinois architectural license in 1926. Following that she travelled to Europe, studying and sketching the old-world architecture in England, France, and Italy. It was after she returned from Europe that Peddle, together with several colleagues co-founded the Chicago Women's Architectural Club. The group exhibited their work at the first Women's World Fair in 1927. Peddle was the editor of the Club's publication, The Architrave. Peddle taught for a time at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Diane Legge Kemp. Courtesy of Crain's Chicago Business.
Name: Diane Legge Kemp
Date of Birth / Location: December 4, 1949
Education: Bachelor of Architecture and Urban Design from Stanford, 1972; Master of Architectur,e Landscape, and Urban Design from Princeton, 1975.
Date of Death / Location: Northrop, Kaelber & Kopf, Rochester, New York, 1971; Michael Graves, Architect, Princeton, 1972-1975; The Ehrenkrantz Group, New York City, 1975-1977; First woman partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM), Chicago, 1977-1989; principal, Diane Legge Kemp Architecture and Landscape Consulting, Riverside, Illinois, 1989-1993; president, Diane Legge Kemp Architecture and Landscape Consulting, Riverside, Illinois, since 1993; president, DLK Architecture, since 1993.
Professional Organizations & Activities: Chair at Princeton's University Advisory Board for School of Architecture, 1991. Director of Newhouse Architectural Foundation, Chicago, 1991.
Betty J. Ritter Headshot Chicago Tribune
Name: Betty Jane Ritter
Date of Birth / Location: November 6, 1922 / Evanston, IL
Date of Death / Location: November 2, 2005 / Desplaines, IL
Education: Bachelor's in Architecture, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1959
Date of Death / Location: Skimore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM); Perkins and Will.
Professional Organizations & Activities: During World War II, she wished to join the Women Air Service Patrol and took flying lessons at Palwaukee Airport to receive her pilot's license. Betty was on a 4 person team (that also included architect Margaret Zirkel Young, Alyce Knight and Celia Pew) that was responsible for the Triton College sponsored video, “Shadows on the Landscape. ” This was a 34-minute video created to stimulate the interest of high school students in architectute as a profession. Joined AIA 1964. Ritter was senior editor of Building Design and Construction magazine and editor of Inland Architect.