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In 2001, we retired from university positions in the United States and moved to Greece. Christos is a native of Greece and lived in Athens until his late teens, when he matriculated in a U.S. university. Kathy is a native of Iowa.
We met at Iowa State University, were married at the end of our studies, and moved to Athens, where we lived for six years, from 1966 to 1972. After that, we moved back to the U.S. for graduate studies and subsequent teaching careers in Iowa, Mississippi, North Carolina and Louisiana, but we spent each summer in Greece.
Chris is an architect and was a university professor and administrator. His last position was as Dean of the College of Art and Design at Louisiana State University.
Kathy is a photographer and was a university professor of mass communication. Her last position was as a visiting lecturer at LSU.
We have one son, Argyrios, born in 1983. He is a lawyer, married to Rebecca Teng, an ob-gyn physician. They live in Austin, Texas, and have one son, Chris.
In addition to designing and building our home on Kythnos, Christos designs furniture and has made many of the furnishings for our abodes. Other creative activities are the making of sculptures and writing of poems. Kathy’s photographic endeavors span from documentary black-and-white images to fine art to digital catalogs of wildflowers.
In 2025, Christos published a memoir titled In the Footsteps of Epicurus. It is available at amazon.com
Christos A. Saccopoulos
Curriculum Vitae
Education
M. Arch., Iowa State University, 1974
B. Arch., Iowa State University, 1966
Primary and Secondary Education: Athens College, and Mt. Diablo High School, Concord, CA (AFS exchange student)
Academic Background
Louisiana State University, College of Art and Design, Dean and Professor, 1997-2001
North Carolina State University, Department of Architecture, Head and Professor, 1992-97
Mississippi State University, School of Architecture, Associate Dean and Professor, 1988-92
Iowa State University, Department of Architecture faculty, 1973-88
Professional Background
C.A. Saccopoulos, Architect, 1974-present (private residences and apartment buildings)
Gibb, Petermueller and Partners, Architects, Athens, Greece, 1969-72 (international airport buildings)
Engineering Corps, Greek Army, 1967-69
The Griffith Company, Architects, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1966-67 (civic, educational and religious buildings)
Doxiadis Associates, Athens, Greece, 1965 (university campus planning and architecture)
Refereed Presentations / Publications
Refereed presentations: more than 20 at annual conferences of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Environmental Design Research Association, Built Form and Culture Association, International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, and Modern Greek Studies Association.
Monographs published by the Iowa State University Design Research Institute (1983, 1983, 1977)
Articles in Ekistics (1986), Architecture (1985), Iowa Architect (on C.A.S.’s work, 1988, 1986) and Design and Art in Greece (on C.A.S.’s work, 1990)
Honors/Awards
Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society for Architecture, President, National Board, 2000-2002
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, President, Iowa Chapter, 1986-87
Award for Furniture Design (Sextet), InForm Awards Program, 1997
Merit Award in Design (Cycladic house), North Carolina Chapter, AIA, 1996
Award of Excellence in Design (Saccopoulos summer house), Iowa Chapter AIA, 1987
Award for Extraordinary Performance in Teaching, Iowa State University, 1987
Honorable Mention Award, “Give Them Shelter” Competition, North California Chapter of Architects, Designers, Planners for Social Responsibility, 1987
Graham Foundation Grant, 1994
National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship Grant, 1972
Registrations
Architect: Iowa #1835 (lapsed), Mississippi #2157 (lapsed), North Carolina #6512 (lapsed), Louisiana #5263, NCARB #18040, Greece #21833
Address: 52 Troias St., 15235 Vrilissia, Greece
Kathleen A. Saccopoulos
Curriculum Vitae
Education
M. Sc.,Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University, 1974
B. Sc., Technical Journalism, Iowa State University, 1966
Academic Background
Louisiana State University, Manship School of Mass Communication, adjunct associate professor, 1997-2001
North Carolina State University, Department of Environmental Design, visiting lecturer, 1992-95
Mississippi State University, School of Architecture, adjunct associate professor, 1988-92
Iowa State University, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, tenured associate professor, 1986-88; faculty member, 1973-85
Professional Background
Free-lance writer/photographer, 1995-present
Fine-Art Photographer, 1970 to present
Editorial Assistant, Athens Center of Ekistics, 1968-72
Market Research Analyst, ICAP Hellas, 1966-68
Reporter/photographer, Fort Dodge Messenger newspaper, 1966
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions in galleries in Baton Rouge, LA; Raleigh, Durham and New Bern, NC; Starkville, MS; Ames, Storm Lake and Cedar Rapids, IA; Athens, Greece
Gallery artist: Raleigh Contemporary Gallery, Raleigh, NC; Studio 801, Baton Rouge, LA
Acceptances in over 50 juried national and international group exhibitions
Honors/Awards
Two purchase awards, Iowa Art-in-State-Buildings competitions
Mississippi State University's nominee for Phi Kappa Phi National Artist award, 1992
Awards in 5 national juried competitions
Selected Publications
Tou Nisiou Mou: Paradoseis tis Kythnou (My Island: Traditions of Kythnos), Giorgis Venetoulias with photographs by Kathleen Saccopoulos, (Athens: En Plo, 2007, ISBN 978-90-6719-13-4); 189 pages, 116 photographs
Kythnos: The island of Manolas, a memoir in text and photographs, Kathleen A. Saccopoulos (Athens: Th. Petroulakis, S.A., 1993, ISBN 960-7110-02-1); 55 pages, 40 duotones
Weekends Away, a regular monthly feature article in Country Roads magazine, St. Francisville, LA, 1998-2001
Address: 52 Troias St., 15235 Vrilissia, Greece
Email: ksaccopoulos@gmail.com
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