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Interior Designer

Helen Bishoff

Name: Helen Bishoff

Date of Death / Location: Interior Architect for Marshall Field & Co. in 1939

Marya Lilien

Name: marya Lilien

Date of Death / Location: Marya Lilien was the first woman to apprentice with Frank Lloyd Wright.

Professional Organizations & Activities: Marya Lilien established an interior architecture program at the Art Institute of Chicago (1941).

Rue Carpenter. Copyright held by the Chicago History Museum ICHi 19380.
Rue Witherbotham Carpenter

Name: Rue Witherbotham Carpenter

Date of Birth / Location: November 15, 1876 / Joliet, Illinois

Date of Death / Location: December 8, 1931 / Chicago, Illinois

Professional Organizations & Activities: Interior Designer and Patron of the Arts; Co-Founder of the Arts Club of Illinois

Mrs. Katherine Prince Taylor
Katherine Rhinehart Prince Taylor

Name: Katherine Rhinehart Prince Taylor

Date of Birth / Location: 1871 / Bloomington, Illinois

Date of Death / Location: 1934 / Chicago, Illinois

Education: Katherine studied for at least a year at the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.

Jane Graham, courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill .
Jane J. Graham

Name: Jane J. Graham

Date of Birth / Location: December 15, 1928 / Teschen, Czechoslovakia

Date of Death / Location: May 16, 2004 / Hobe Sound, Florida

Education: Technische Hochschule, Munich, Germany; University of Nebraska, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Design

Date of Death / Location: Vahan Hagopian (June 1951-April 1952); Liebenberg & Kaplan (June 1952-January 1953); David Griswold (January 1953-December 1954); Thorshou & Cerny (December 1954-January 1955); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Interior Department (1955-1960) and Head of Interiors Department (1957-1960)

Nancy Ann Abshire (Courtesy of CWA)
Nancy Ann Abshire

Name: Nancy Ann Abshire

Date of Birth / Location: Dayton, Ohio

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design, Northwestern University; Bachelor of Architecture, University of Illinois; 1965-1969

Date of Death / Location: C.F. Murphy Associates 1961-1968; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), interior design department, also design architect and project manager on various architectural projects, 1968-2019, promoted to Associate 1988.

Professional Organizations & Activities: Chicago Women in Architecture, Founder AIA, RIBA, NCARB; Executive director of SOM foundation 2010-2019; National Trust of Great Britain; Architecture and Design Society of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago Architecture Foundation, Auxiliary Board Member since 1971

Awards & Honors: SAH award 2010; Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, 2021

Maureen C. Tokar

Name: Maureen C. Tansey Tokar

Date of Birth / Location: 1931, Cincinnati, Ohio

Education: University of Cincinnati, 1955

Date of Death / Location: Job captain Hixson, Tarter & Merkel, Cincinnati, 1964-1968; Director interior architecture Ferry & Henderson, Springfield, Illinois, 1968-1972; Project coordinator Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, 1972-1976; Review architect Illinois Capital Development Board, Chicago, 1977-1982; Vice president Planning and Design Consultant, since 1975; Vice president Planning and Design Consultant, since 1975; The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago

Professional Organizations & Activities: Member American Institute of Architects, Chicago Women in Architecture, Alpha Omicron Pi

Deborah Doyle_LinkedIn Deborah Doyle. Courtesy of LinkedIn.
Deborah Doyle

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.

Patricia Lloyd_KaipLloyd Associates Patricia Lloyd. Courtesy of Kaip Lloyd Associates.
Patricia A. Lloyd

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.

Marianne Willisch,- Courtesy of the Chicago History Museum
Marianne Willisch

Name: Marianne Willisch

Date of Birth / Location: March 28, 1897 / Vienna, Austria

Date of Death / Location: October 11, 1984/ Evanston, Illinois

Education: Trained in Vienna, adhered to the Bauhaus style.

Date of Death / Location: Keck & Keck

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Helen Bishoff

Name: Helen Bishoff

Firms & Partnerships: Interior Architect for Marshall Field & Co. in 1939

Marya Lilien

Name: marya Lilien

Firms & Partnerships: Marya Lilien was the first woman to apprentice with Frank Lloyd Wright.

Professional Organizations & Activities: Marya Lilien established an interior architecture program at the Art Institute of Chicago (1941).

Rue Carpenter. Copyright held by the Chicago History Museum ICHi 19380.
Rue Witherbotham Carpenter

Name: Rue Witherbotham Carpenter

Date of Birth / Location: November 15, 1876 / Joliet, Illinois

Date of Death / Location: December 8, 1931 / Chicago, Illinois

Professional Organizations & Activities: Interior Designer and Patron of the Arts; Co-Founder of the Arts Club of Illinois

Mrs. Katherine Prince Taylor
Katherine Rhinehart Prince Taylor

Name: Katherine Rhinehart Prince Taylor

Date of Birth / Location: 1871 / Bloomington, Illinois

Date of Death / Location: 1934 / Chicago, Illinois

Education: Katherine studied for at least a year at the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.

Jane Graham, courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill .
Jane J. Graham

Name: Jane J. Graham

Date of Birth / Location: December 15, 1928 / Teschen, Czechoslovakia

Date of Death / Location: May 16, 2004 / Hobe Sound, Florida

Education: Technische Hochschule, Munich, Germany; University of Nebraska, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Design

Firms & Partnerships: Vahan Hagopian (June 1951-April 1952); Liebenberg & Kaplan (June 1952-January 1953); David Griswold (January 1953-December 1954); Thorshou & Cerny (December 1954-January 1955); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Interior Department (1955-1960) and Head of Interiors Department (1957-1960)

Nancy Ann Abshire (Courtesy of CWA)
Nancy Ann Abshire

Name: Nancy Ann Abshire

Date of Birth / Location: Dayton, Ohio

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design, Northwestern University; Bachelor of Architecture, University of Illinois; 1965-1969

Firms & Partnerships: C.F. Murphy Associates 1961-1968; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), interior design department, also design architect and project manager on various architectural projects, 1968-2019, promoted to Associate 1988.

Professional Organizations & Activities: Chicago Women in Architecture, Founder AIA, RIBA, NCARB; Executive director of SOM foundation 2010-2019; National Trust of Great Britain; Architecture and Design Society of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago Architecture Foundation, Auxiliary Board Member since 1971

Awards & Honors: SAH award 2010; Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, 2021

Maureen C. Tokar

Name: Maureen C. Tansey Tokar

Date of Birth / Location: 1931, Cincinnati, Ohio

Education: University of Cincinnati, 1955

Firms & Partnerships: Job captain Hixson, Tarter & Merkel, Cincinnati, 1964-1968; Director interior architecture Ferry & Henderson, Springfield, Illinois, 1968-1972; Project coordinator Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, 1972-1976; Review architect Illinois Capital Development Board, Chicago, 1977-1982; Vice president Planning and Design Consultant, since 1975; Vice president Planning and Design Consultant, since 1975; The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago

Professional Organizations & Activities: Member American Institute of Architects, Chicago Women in Architecture, Alpha Omicron Pi

Deborah Doyle_LinkedIn Deborah Doyle. Courtesy of LinkedIn.
Deborah Doyle

Name: Deborah Doyle

Education: Bachelor of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology; Graduate Diploma with High Honors, Architectural Association of London.

Firms & Partnerships: 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.

Patricia Lloyd_KaipLloyd Associates Patricia Lloyd. Courtesy of Kaip Lloyd Associates.
Patricia A. Lloyd

Name: Patricia A. Lloyd

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, New Jersey City State College; Bachelor of Architecture, Pratt Institute.

Firms & Partnerships: 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.

Marianne Willisch,- Courtesy of the Chicago History Museum
Marianne Willisch

Name: Marianne Willisch

Date of Birth / Location: March 28, 1897 / Vienna, Austria

Date of Death / Location: October 11, 1984/ Evanston, Illinois

Education: Trained in Vienna, adhered to the Bauhaus style.

Firms & Partnerships: Keck & Keck