Name: Natalie Griffin de Blois
Date of Birth / Location: April 2, 1921 / Patterson, New Jersey
Date of Death / Location: July 22, 2013 / Chicago, Illinois
Education: Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio, 1939-40; Bachelor's of Architecture, Columbia University, 1944.
Firms and Partnerships Ketchum, Gina & Sharp, 1944-1944; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), 1962-1974; Office of Gordon Bunshaft
Professional Organizations & Activities: Founding Member, Chicago Women in Architecture (CWA); Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 1974; Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 1980-1993.
Awards & Honors: Romieniec Award of the Texas AIA for distinguished achievement in education, 1998.
Natalie de Blois with Mario Salvadori and Philip Johnson. Courtesy of Natalie Griffin de Blois
Natalie Griffin de Blois with students at UT-Austin in the 1980s. Courtesy of the University of Texas at Austin.
Exterior of the Equitable Building at 401 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, designed by Natalie Griffin de Blois while at SOM. Courtesy of David Schwen.
