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Architecture · 1926–2012

Norma Merrick Sklarek

Norma Merrick Sklarek was the first Black woman licensed as an architect in the United States, first in New York in 1954 and then in California in 1962. Over a five-decade career at firms including Gruen Associates and Welton Becket she led design teams on major buildings, including Terminal One at Los Angeles International Airport and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. She was known within the profession as "the Rosa Parks of architecture."

“In architecture, I had absolutely no role model. I'm happy today to be a role model for others.”

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