Sklarek, Norma Merrick, 1926-2012
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- Organization: Siegel Sklarek Diamond
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found: Sklarek, Norma. National Visionary Leadership Project oral history, 2003-04-14:collection materials (Norma Sklarek, Norma Merrick Sklarek, b. April 15, 1928, New York City, first African American woman to become a licensed architect, architecture degree from Columbia U.)
found: Preservation, winter 2021:page 34 (Norma Merrick Sklarek, 1926-2012; girlhood days in Harlem, New York City; graduated from architecture program at Columbia University, 1950; spent five years at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and then started at Gruen Associates from 1960-1980, when she joined Welton Becket & Associates; then formed Siegel Sklarek Diamond; then worked with Jerde Partnership for the last few years of her career)
found: Orlando sentinel, February 10, 2012, viewed online March 7, 2021(obituary: Norma Merrick Sklarek; pioneering African American architect; born in Harlem, April 15, 1926; died Monday [February 6] at her home in Pacific Palisades, aged 85; studied at Hunter High School and Barnard College before entering architecture school at Columbia; started at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1955; became a partner in Siegel-Sklarek-Diamond in 1985; Jerde Partnership, 1989-1991) - https://www.orlandosentinel.com/la-me-norma-sklarek-20120210-story.html
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2010-10-26: new
2021-03-10: revised
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