Legacy Project
At the AIA Women's Leadership Summit September 17-19, 2015, AIA Seattle Women in Design (WID) celebrated distinguished women architects of Seattle and Washington recognized as AIA Fellows, as part of the Legacy Project.
With the support of local and national partners including AIA Diversity and Inclusion, WID filmed women Fellows in advance of and at the Summit, for posting on the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Women of the Built Environment site.
On August 19, 2015 at Fairmont Olympic Belvedere Room, the Legacy Project team recorded career reflections of N. Sue Alden FAIA, Karen Braitmayer FAIA, Janet Donelson FAIA, Carolyn D. Geise FAIA, L. Jane Hastings FAIA, & Sharon E. Sutton FAIA (shown at left: Alden, Geise, Sutton, Hastings) as part of plans to honor Seattle and Washington women Fellows at the Women's Leadership Summit September 17-19, 2015.
At an assembly Tuesday 1/27/15 at Women's University Club, the Women in Design team filmed career reflections of N. Sue Alden FAIA, Jennie Sue Brown FAIA, Carolyn D. Geise FAIA, L. Jane Hastings FAIA, & Sharon E. Sutton FAIA.
Women among AIA Seattle Fellows (24 of c. 192 as of 2015), with year of induction into the College of Fellows:
N. Sue Alden FAIA 1991 relocated from Seattle
Brodie Bain FAIA 2015
Lesley Bain FAIA 2013
Rebecca Barnes FAIA 2000
Karen Braitmayer FAIA 2004
Jennie Sue Brown FAIA 1994 relocated from Seattle
Kate Diamond FAIA 1996 relocated from Seattle
Janet Donelson FAIA 1998
Carolyn D. Geise FAIA 1989
Jan K. Gleason FAIA 2006, d. 2010
L. Jane Hastings FAIA 1980
Jane Hendricks FAIA 2012
Mary Johnston FAIA 2008
Susan Jones FAIA 2010
Rena M. Klein FAIA 2006 relocated from Seattle
Rachel Minnery FAIA 2015
Leslie Moldow FAIA 2010 relocated from Seattle
Margaret Montgomery FAIA 2014
Jill Morelli FAIA 2001
Sheri Olson FAIA 2004
Sian Roberts FAIA 2014
Anne Schopf FAIA 2007
Amanda Sturgeon FAIA 2013
Dr. Sharon E. Sutton FAIA 1995
Reference: The Seattle Times 1990 article "Designing Women: Female Architects Have Worked Hard to Build Their Careers" includes quotes from Jennie Sue Brown, Janet Donelson, Carolyn Geise, Jan Gleason, and Jane Hastings among others.
Legacy Project team: Peggy Heim, Chair; Marjorie Brown, Jennifer Caldwell, Lauren Hirt, Grace Kim, Marga Rose Hancock, Kate Vincent
Portraits of Architects featuring 24 women Fellows of the AIA
Exhibit September 3-November 1 at A Gallery / Integrus Architecture (117 South Main, Seattle)
celebrating the legacy of women architects in the Pacific Northwest as part of Seattle Design Festival 2015/Design for Equity
AIA Women in Design / Seattle Design Festival Committee
Peggy Heim, Cheryl Jacobs, Natalia Nesmeianova, Nicolette Palmer, Shannon Payton, Brianne Tomlin, Queena Yi
See attached below "Women Architects in the Northwest: From the Pioneers to the Present Practitioners," UW thesis (1987) by Hannah Gwynne Jay
