| LC control no. | n 2010071416 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sklarek, Norma Merrick, 1926-2012 |
| Variant(s) | Sklarek, Norma, 1928- Sklarek, Norma, 1926-2012 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1926-04-15 |
| Death date | 2012-02-06 |
| Place of birth | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Gruen Associates Welton Becket and Associates Jerde Partnership International Siegel Sklarek Diamond |
| Profession or occupation | Architects |
| Found in | 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.) 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) 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> Pioneering women of American architecture WWW site, viewed March 9, 2021 (Norma Merrick Sklarek; April 15, 1926-February 6, 2012) <https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/norma-merrick-sklarek/> |
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