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DONNA V. ROBERTSON FAIA
Professor, College of Architecture
John and Jeanne Rowe Chair in Architecture
Partner, macro Design
Illinois Institute of Technology, S.R. Crown Hall
1300 North Astor Street
Chicago, Illinois 60616 Chicago, Illinois 60610
312.567.3230 V 312.567.5820 F 312.543.5696 V 312.867.7135 F
EDUCATION
1975 - 78 University of Virginia School of Architecture, Charlottesville, VA. Master of Architecture; Master's
Thesis: "The American Courthouse: Content and Imagery", Robin Dripps, Advisor. AIA Student
Gold Medal.
1972 - 74 Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca. Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction and Departmental Honors in
English Literature. Honors Thesis: "Gertrude Stein and Cubism", John Felstiner, Advisor.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
1970 - 72 Webster College, St. Louis, Mo. Theatre Arts conservatory program.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVITIES
2012 - present Professor of Architecture with tenure, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture.
2009, spring Marjorie Mead Hooker Visiting Professor of Architecture, Univ. of New Mexico
1996-2012 Dean, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture.
Professor of Architecture with tenure. Appointed to three 6-year terms as dean.
1992-1996 Dean, Tulane University School of Architecture.
Associate Professor of Architecture with tenure.
1991, Fall Visiting Critic in Design, Univ. of Virginia Graduate School of Architecture, graduate architecture studio.
1990, Fall Visiting Critic In Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, graduate architecture studio.
1985-1992 Director, Barnard College Architecture Program.
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Barnard College, Columbia University.
Design Studio Director; Seminar: "American Architects and Their Buildings".
1984 Assistant Professor, Barnard College Architecture Program, and Columbia University Graduate
School of Architecture. Design Critic; seminar: "Public Building in America"
1983 - 84 Assistant Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Department of Architecture.
Studio Critic. Thesis Coordinator, Instructor of Fall and Spring Thesis Preparation Seminar (with
Henry N. Cobb).
1982 - 83 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University. Studio Critic.
1978,Summer Studio Critic, Univ. of Virginia School of Architecture, Undergraduate Design Studio (with Bruce
Abbey).
1977 - 78 Teaching Assistant, Univ. of Virginia School of Architecture, Language of Design (for Ralph
Lerner)
1976 - 77 Student Representative to Chairman's Council for Graduate Department, University of Virginia
School of Architecture.
1973 - 74 Chair of Undergraduate Steering Committee, Stanford Univ. English Dept.

DONNA V. ROBERTSON FAIA
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVITY
Registered Architect: New York State.
Member, American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter.
Assoc. Member, American Society of Landscape Architects
Board member, Society of Architectural Historians
Member, Chicago Women in Architecture
Member, Society of Architectural Historians
Member, DoCoMoMo-USA
Member, Chicago Economic Club
2010 -- macro Design, Chicago, IL. Partner. Wide ranging design services.
1986-2009 Robertson McAnulty Architects, Chicago, IL. Partner
DuSable Park proposal for Chicago Lakefront; First Honorable Mention, Perth Amboy High
School competition (with UrbanLab); “Material Evidence” exhibition installation, Museum of
Contemporary Art; Hirschman Residence, Chicago; DePauw University center campus plan and
quad design; Fishback Residence, New Orleans. Whitney Young Pools consultation for City.
Square 26 Charette for Parkways and Parks Commission, City of New Orleans (project
executed). Sunkel Residence, New Orleans. Pisar Residence, NYC. Dachs Residence, NYC.
Client Services Space, Charter Atlantic Corp., NYC. Persky/Pinkstaff Residence, Sag Harbor,
L.I. Baskerville Residence: Neutra house renovation and addition, Los Angeles. Gallery Nature
Morte Competition, NYC. Room In The City Project.
1983 - 86 Donna V. Robertson, Architect, New York, N.Y. Sole Proprietor
Calman Apt., NYC. Agranoff/Donin Residence, Chappaqua, N.Y. Tina Ball Studio Apt., NYC.
Chopak Apt., Guttenburg, N.J. A Fence: A.I.R. Gallery, NYC., installation in collaboration with
Daria Dorosh, artist. The Shaving Glass (furniture). FRR Kitchen, Richmond, VA. (with R. M.
McAnulty). Images of American buildings: speculative designs.
1981 - 83 Kohn, Pedersen, Fox Assoc. P.C., New York, N.Y. Senior Designer.
Arlington County Courthouse Plaza Competition; Arthur May, Partner-in -charge. Denver Tech
Center Plaza; Anthony Pellecchia, Project Designer.
1980 - 81 Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, New York, N.Y. Designer
Australian National Parliament House Competition; Second Phase Design Team.
Lafayette Place, Boston: Design development and working drawings team.
1979 The Architectural Studio, Susana Torre, Principal, New York, N.Y. Intern
All phases of work on renovations and houses.
1978, Fall Voorsanger and Mills, Architects, New York, N.Y. Intern
Intercontinental Bank, Tehran: Design development and working drawings.
AWARDS, HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2013 Distinguished Service Award, Illinois Association of Schools of Landscape Architecture.
2012 President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (2012-2013)
Chair, Architecture Program Evaluation review, ETHZ (Eidgenossische Technische Hochscule Zurich)
Member, Bloomingdale Trail Advisory Committee, Chicago Parks and Dept. of Transportation
Vice President, Chicago Design Matters non-profit
Conference participation, European Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture, Greece
Conference participation, Brazilian Association of Schools of Architecture and Urban Design, Sao Paulo
Distinguished Service Award 2013 Award, Illinois American Society of Landscape Architects
Board member, National Academy of Environmental Design
Board member, Society of Architectural Historians
2011 President-elect, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (term 2012, VP term 2011)
Chair, NAAB Accreditation Initial Candidacy Review, University of Arizona, Master of Architecture degree
Member, Bloomingdale Trail Advisory Committee, Chicago Parks and Dept. of Transportation
Member, Selection Committee, Northerly Island Concert Venue project, team selection, Chicago Parks
Vice President, Chicago Design Matters non-profit
Program assessor, School of Architecture curriculum, U. of Dammam, Saudi Arabia
2010 Vice President and Member, Board of Directors, AIA Chicago chapter, Honor Awards chair.
Most Admired Educator and IIT’s B.Arch degree ranked #14 of “America’s Top 20 Bachelor of Architecture
Degrees 2011”, Design Intelligence journal, Nov/Dec (national survey of practitioners)
Achieved initial, full term accreditation of Master of Landscape Architecture degree.
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AWARDS, HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (cont.)
2010 Harvard Graduate School of Design Thesis Reviews
GSA Peer Reviewer, The Bean Center, Indianapolis
Juror, Annual Awards, Architect magazine (Nov. 2010 issue)
Member, Selection Committee, Grant Park North restoration project, team selection, Chicago Parks
Chair, NAAB Accreditation Equivalency Review, University of Bahrain
Chair, External Review, Knowlton School of Art, Architecture Program, Ohio State University
Peer Reviewer for Yale University Press
Chicago Mayor’s Task Force on Vertical Farms
Chicago Design Matters committee member
2009 Vice President and Member, Board of Directors, AIA Chicago chapter
Marjorie Mead Hooker Visiting Professor of Architecture, Univ. of New Mexico School of Architecture
Juror, Chicago Parks North Grant Park project’s architects selection committee
Juror & Keynote speaker, Asia Pacific Federation of Architects/Interior Designers annual awards
Juror, Chicago Architecture Foundation “Patron of the Year Award”
Advisor, MacDowell Colony artists grants foundation (2006-2009)
Observer (invited by School), NAAB accreditation review Visiting Team, Princeton School of Architecture
One of “DI 25 Most Admired Educators of 2008”, Design Intelligence journal, Nov/Dec (survey of
practitioners)
Citizens Committee, World Chicago Business (Mayoral task force)
Burnham Pavilions Committee, Chicago Cultural Center/Millennium Park (Zaha Hadid pavilion 2009)
Artist in Residence, Ragdale Colony
2008 IIT Julia Beverage Award for outstanding service
Sponsored Gunny Harboe for AIA College of Fellows membership
IIT’s Bachelor of Architecture degree ranked #12 of “America’s Top 20 Bachelor of Architecture Degrees
2007”, Design Intelligence journal, Nov/Dec (national survey of practitioners)
Member, NCARB Task Force on the Interior Architecture Degree
Vice President and Member, Board of Directors, AIA Chicago chapter
Juror, Chicago Architecture Foundation “Patron of the Year Award”
Juror, AIA New York City Interior Architecture Honor Awards
Nominated successfully Gertrude Kerbis for AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award
Sponsored Jeanne Gang for AIA College of Fellows membership
Member, NAAB Accreditation Candidacy Visit, Portland State Univ. School of Architecture
Member, President Faust’s Ad Hoc Committee, Harvard University, for tenure review.
Advisor, MacDowell Colony artists grants foundation
Citizens Committee, World Chicago Business (Mayoral task force)
2007 AIA Chicago Distinguished Service Award
ACE Honor Award in Education (national organization of architects, contractors and engineers)
Reappointed as Dean of Architecture and promoted to full Professor
Observer (invited by School), NAAB accreditation review Visiting Team, Columbia GSAPP
Member, Board of Directors, AIA Chicago chapter
Member, NCARB Task Force on the Interior Architecture Degree
Advisor, MacDowell Colony artists grants foundation
Juror, RTKL firm-wide design competition (8 international offices)
Juror, CANstruction exhibition, Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry
Sponsor of Bernard Tschumi for Fellowship in AIA’s College of Fellows (successful)
IIT’s Bachelor of Architecture degree ranked #13 of “America’s Top 15 Bachelor of Architecture Degrees
2007”, Design Intelligence journal, November (national survey of practitioners)
Member, President Faust’s Advisory Committee, Harvard University, for tenure review.
IIT’s rep for 2007 Patron of the Year Award for Institutional Architecture, Chicago Architecture Foundation
2006 Driehaus Foundation Preservation Project of the Year, for Crown Hall restoration
AIA Chicago Merit Award, for Crown Hall restoration
Elected to the College of Fellows, American Institute of Architects
John and Jeanne Rowe Chair in Architecture, IIT
Co-Chair (with Jack Pyburn), 2006 ACSA/AIA Teachers Seminar, Cranbrook
Member, Board of Directors, AIA Chicago chapter
Keynote speaker, AIA Florida Annual Convention, July
Juror, Invitational Competition for the Seoul Performing Arts Center, S. Korea
2005 Appointment to the National Register of Peer Professionals for the USA General Services Administration
Honor Award, ASLA for IIT landscapes, (Accepted on behalf of IIT; Peter Schaudt, landscape architect)
Annual Brunch Speaker, Chicago Women in Architecture.
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AWARDS, HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (cont.)
2005 IIT’s Bachelor of Architecture degree ranked #13 of “America’s Top 15 Bachelor of Architecture Degrees
2005”, Design Intelligence journal, November (national survey of practitioners)
Honor Award for Crown Hall’s restoration, Chicago Landmarks Commission (Accepting on behalf of IIT,
Krueck & Sexton, architects; Gunny Harboe, preservation architect)
Advisor to NAAB Board, planning and attending the Team Chair Training Conference 2005.
Host, ACSA Annual Meeting Opening Reception, at IIT.
AIA-Miami Annual Awards Jury, November
Member, Education Task Group to the AIA-National Historic Resources Committee
Juror, Design Competition for Metropolitan Planning Council of Chicago
Member, Nominating Committee, DoCoMoMo-USA
Chair, NAAB Visiting Team for Accreditation Review of Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture.
Invited to be a member of Pres. Summer’s Advisory Committee for tenure review, Harvard University
Advisor, Latin School of Chicago strategic planning
2004 Listed as one of Chicago’s “100 Most Influential Women” by Crain’s Chicago.
Listed as#23 of “30 Leaders Who Bridge Practice, Education”, Design Intelligence journal, November
Chair, AIA-Florida Annual Awards Jury.
IIT’s Bachelor of Architecture degree ranked #13 of “America’s Top 15 Bachelor of Architecture Degrees
2004”, Design Intelligence journal, November (national survey of practitioners)
Member, NCARB Prize Jury, for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
Honor Award, ASLA-Illinois Chapter for IIT landscapes (accepted on behalf of IIT)
Co-Chair, AIA-National Historic Resources Committee conference Historic Preservation
Architectural Education: A Dialogue, November, Washington, DC
Chair, Visiting Team for Accreditation Review for Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Architecture.
Member, Architecture Program Review for Univ. of Utah School of Architecture & Planning.
Accepted on behalf of IIT a Distinguished Building Award Citation of Merit, AIA-Chicago (IIT residence
hall designed by Murphy/Jahn).
Consultant, NAAB for Team Chair Training conference
2003 President, Board of Directors, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) for 2002-2003 term and
Chair, NAAB Executive Committee.
Chair, NAAB Validation Conference, October.
IIT’s Bachelor of Architecture degree ranked #13 of “America’s Top 15 Architecture Schools”, Design
Intelligence journal, November (national survey of practitioners)
Professional Advisor for Ford Calumet Environmental Center international competition, sponsored by
Chicago Department of the Environment.
Member, Visiting Team for Accreditation Review for Univ. of Oklahoma School of Architecture.
Team Chair, Visiting Team for Accreditation Review for Northeastern Univ. School of Architecture.
Project Of The Year Award, Midwest Construction magazine, December, for IIT ‘s Murphy/Jahn building
2002 President, Board of Directors, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) for 2002-2003 term and
Chair, NAAB Executive Committee.
Chair, Validation Conference Task Force, to plan and implement the 2003 conference for NAAB
Member, GSA Design Review for Perimeter Security Improvements, Federal Center, Chicago.
2001 Member, Board of Directors, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). President-elect for
2001-2002 term. Member, Executive Committee.
Chair, Administrators’ Conference, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, NYC, November.
Presenter, First Biennial Woltz Symposium. “Topics in Landscape and Architecture: Contemporary
Campus Planning and Design”, University of Virginia School of Architecture, November
Member, Visiting Committee, School of Architecture, Princeton University
Member, President Summer’s Advisory Committee, Harvard University, Fall 2001, for tenure review.
“Devine Detail” Award (as Client), AIA-Chicago Annual Awards, for “Stringing Crown Hall” Open
House installation (Mark Schendel, architect).
Getty Institute Conservation Grant for Crown Hall restoration ($250,000).
Advisory Committee member, Chicago Public Schools Design Competition “Big Shoulders. . .Small Schools”.
Reviewer, Yale University School of Architecture, upper-level final reviews.
Advisor, AIA National Large Firm Roundtable.
Member, AIA Committee for Case Study Methodology in Architectural Education
Certificate of Appreciation, National Organization of Minority Architects, IIT Chapter
2000 Member, Board of Directors, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)—three year term (October).
Competition Advisor, Chicago Department of Environment “Calumet Environmental Center” competition,
with grant research ($72,400), ongoing through 2002.
FIPSE grant from United States Dept. of Education for international student exchange.
Advisory Committee member, Chicago Public Schools Design Competition “Big Shoulders. . .Small Schools”.
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AWARDS, HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (cont.)
2000 Professor/Advisor Award, Arquitectos - Society of Hispanic Professional Architects’ “Dedication to
Education” awards.
Reviewer, NCA University Accreditation Review for the University of Arizona.
Advisor, AIA National Large Firm Roundtable.
1999 Listed, Who’s Who in America (Marquis), on-going to present
Member, President Rudenstein’s Advisory Committee, Harvard University, Fall 1999, for tenure review.
Juror, Architectural League of New York City “Young Architects” award
Thesis Reviewer, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles.
Informal advisor/recommender, The MacArthur Foundation, Fellowship program.
1998 Member, The Raven Society, University of Virginia honorary society. (Ongoing)
Member, The Chicago Network, an honorary organization of professional women. . (Ongoing)
Juror, AIA-Chicago “Emerging Visions” award. Juror, AIA-St. Louis Honor Awards.
1998 Advisor and member, AIA-National Educators and Practitioners Network. (Ongoing to Fall 2000)
Grant, Graham Foundation, “IIT Architecture with Technology” symposium (with Peter Land) ($25,000).
1997 Grant from the Graham Foundation for the “Beyond Mies: Technology, the City and Cycles of the
Modern”” symposium, in connection with the IIT Campus Center Competition ($13,750).
Grant from the Graham Foundation for “Technology and Theory” symposium (with Graham Owen) ($6000).
Juror, AIA-Chicago “Young Architects” award.
1996 Juror, AIA-New York Annual Design Honors Awards, Unbuilt category.
Juror, Health Science Center Competition, University of Texas, Houston, December.
Jury Chair, Design Studio Awards, ACSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, March.
1995 Member, Women’s Forum of Louisiana/International Women’s Forum.
Co-Chair with William Miller, ACSA Administrators Conference 1995, Milwaukee.
1994 Juror for the AIA, Jury for AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Lifetime Achievement in Education
Juror, I.D. Magazine “Environments” Awards, New York City (Awards issue July/August 1995).
Honorary Member, Tau Sigma Delta, National Architecture Honor Society (Tulane Chapter)
Member, Board of Governors, St. Margaret’s School, Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia
Member, President Rudenstein’s Ad Hoc Committee, Harvard University, for tenure review.
Award, “Woman in a Non-traditional Role”, Women’s Business Council of Jefferson Parish.
Special Honor Award for the Rivergate (given to Curtis & Davis, Architects): special recognition.
1993 Commissioner (Mayoral appointee, ‘93-‘96), CBD-Historic District Landmarks Commission, New
Orleans, and Member, CBD-HDLC Architectural Review Committee
Member, Women’s Professional Council, New Orleans
Member, Architect Selection Committee, National D-Day Museum project, New Orleans
1992 Panel member, Cintas Foundation Architecture grants review, New York, NY.
1988-1991 Vice-Chair and Panel-member, New York State Council on the Arts, Architecture, Planning and
Design grants reviews panel
1986 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
1984 Juror, Young Architects' Forum 1985 Competition, The Architectural League, New York
Alumni representative, Provost's Committee to Review the Reappointment of the Architecture
Dean, Univ. of Virginia
1982 First Place, Arlington County Courthouse Plaza Competition. Senior Designer with Kohn,
Pedersen, Fox Assoc. P.C.; Arthur May, Partner-in-charge
1981 Winner, Responses to the City Competition, Young Architects, Architectural League of New York.
1979 Semi-finalist, Rome Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome
1978 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for the Univ. of Va. School of Architecture.
1977 Dean's Scholarship, University of Virginia. School of Architecture.
First Place, Flowerdew Hundred Plantation Visitors' Center school competition
1974 Member of Phi Beta Kappa. Distinction and Departmental Honors by Stanford University
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EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES
2013 Lecture “Shaping the City--The Educated City”, The Chicago Network, Chicago
2012 Lecture “Shaping the City--The Educated City”, C200 national women’s group, Chicago
Lecture , “Features and panorama of Architectural Education and Accreditation in the United
States”, ABEA conference, Brazil
Panelist, “Learning Quality and Curriculum Structure”, ENHSA conference, Greece
2011 Panelist, IE School of Architecture International Architectural Education Summit, Madrid & Segovia
Moderator (“Blue Sky Curricula For the Next Century”) and Panel Speaker (“Changing Academic
Economies”), ACSA Administrators Conference, Los Angeles
Lecture “Contemporary Chicago Architecture”, ArchiPrix tour, Chicago
Moderator, Printers Row Book Fair, City of Chicago, panel on city planning
2010 Panelist, Idea Catalysts, Archeworks, Chicago
Panelist, Environmental Law and Policy Center
Interview, Biography film on Harold Schiff, for the Art Inst. Of Chicago Architecture & Design dept.
2009 Interview, WBEZ Public Radio, on IIT campus changes.
Speaker, Burnham Pavilion Opening in Millennium Park, Art Institute of Chicago
Lecture, University of New Mexico School of Architecture
Discussion, Gensler Chicago Leadership Forum
Speaker, Chicago Women in Architecture Anniversary program
Speaker, Chicago-China Summit sponsored by Motorola and City of Chicago
2009 Speaker, PWCC Luncheon Presentation “Emerging Design Practice”
2008 Keynote, Interior Design journal conference “Design Exchange: Building Opportunity Through Exchange”
Speaker, ACSA Administrator’s Conference, “Interdisciplinary Degrees and Programs”
Panelist, “Challenging the Paradigm: A Conversation with Three Women Deans of Architecture”,
Opening of the Willis Study Center, National Building Museum, Washington, DC
Moderator, “Maintaining Chicago's Architectural Reputation”, Chicago Racket Club
2007 Advisor to The Architects Newspaper (continuous)
“Architecture Education Around The World”, AIA National Convention panel discussion
Speaker, “75 th Anniversary Fellows Reunion”, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture
2006 Interviewer (of Thomas Heinz, author), Chicago Book Fair
Panel member, “Great Chicago Conversations”, Mayor’s Office of Special Events, Chicago
Moderator, “Implementing the D.Arch” session, ACSA Annual Convention, Utah
“Open: New Designs for Public Space” exhibition included IIT’s new architecture and landscaping,
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Remembrances, James Ingo Freed memorial service
2005 Featured interview, AIA-Chicago’s “Chicago’s Architectural History and Future” film for the 50th
annual Design Excellence Awards presentation,
Presenter, “21st Century Meets 20th Century: Mies van der Rohe's Crown Hall and Eisenman's
Wexner Center” US Green Building Council “GreenBuild” annual convention, November
Discussion, AIA-Chicago Large Firm Roundtable, September
Moderator, “Preservation Education, and the Practice of Architecture” session, Historic
Preservation in Professional Architecture Education: An International Dialogue conference held by
AIA, the NCPTT and English Heritage, Bath, England, September
Lecture, “Developments in Recent Architecture and Planning at Stanford”, Stanford University
Leadership Circle of The Stanford Fund, Chicago, June.
Lecture on IIT’s birds’ safety strategies, and Moderator of Final Session, Birds and Buildings
Conference, Chicago
Lecture on Architecture Profession, Illinois Math & Science H.S., Aurora
Appearance, Fox News, July
Appearance, Chicagoland Cable-TV, “CTA Story—35 th and State St. Route”, November
Appearance, WTTW Public Television, “Chicago Tonight”, on Crown Hall renovation.
2004 Panel Discussion, “Architectural Education: Present and Future”, Princeton School of
Architecture
Lectures: “Innovative Campus Architecture”, Know Your Chicago 56 th Annual Symposium.
“Architecture Education at IIT: Mies and Beyond”, Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats
international convention, October, Seoul, Korea.
“Research at IIT Architecture”, AIA Knowledge Communities Summit, October.
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EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES (cont.)
2004 “Crown Hall Restoration”, Preservation in Education Conference, AIA Historic Restoration
Committee, Washington, DC
“Crown Hall Restoration”, Transparency Conference, Council for Tall Buildings and Urban
Habitats.
“Mies and Beyond”, Hyperons and Hadrons conference (international Micro-Physicists group).
“Modernist Public Housing in Chicago”, The Modernist City Plenury Session, Congress for New
Urbanism annual convention, June.
Web address, “Ranking Chicago”, Architectural Record website for the AIA National Convention.
“Crown Hall Restoration”, Chicago Architecture Foundation.
Discussion Moderator for showing of Frontline’s “Sacred Ground: The competition for the soul of
Ground Zero”, IIT College of Architecture
Appearance, “Chicago Tonight”, WTTW, Chicago
2003 Radio Interview, WBEZ-Chicago Steve Edwards Show, on “The IIT Campus Center by Koolhaas”..
Television Interview, Channel 11-Chicago Tonight show on “The IIT Campus Center”.
Channel 5-Morning News show on “The IIT Residence Hall by Helmut Jahn”.
Lecture “Where Do We Stand”, College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology.
“Student Performance Criteria: Content Proposals”, NAAB Validation Conference, October.
Session Moderator and Lecture “The Greening of Crown Hall”, Green Building Symposium, Green
Building Council of Chicago.
2002 Presentation on “Studio Culture”, AIAS National Convention, Chicago.
Lecture “IIT and the Urban Laboratory”, Notre Dame School of Architecture
2001 Lecture “After the ‘academical village’: IIT and the ‘urban laboratory’, Woltz Symposium on
“Space, social Identity and the American Campus, Univ. of Virginia School of Architecture.
Board of Trustees’ Annual Retreat presentation on “Sustainability and IIT”
Crown Hall installation for Open House with Mark Schendel and MASSensemble
Lecture “IIT and the Urban Laboratory”, Notre Dame School of Architecture
2000 Organized the “MidWest Administrators Conference” for The Graham Foundation.
Presenter, AIA Open Meeting of Educators & Practitioners: “Developing Practice Precedent Studies”
Moderator, Panel discussion: The Art Institute of Chicago, “New Museums”
Moderator, Panel discussion: IIT Campus Center Groundbreaking Symposium.
Presenter, AIA Large Firm Roundtable, S.F.: ACSA Administrators’ Conference.
1999 Organized the “Bus Shelter Charette” for IIT’s Main Campus, as part of IIT Main Campus Master
Plan, S99. “Architecture With Technology: A New Synthesis” symposium S99, organized with
Prof. Peter Land. “Conversations on Technology and Architecture” symposium, organized with
Graham Owen F98. “Lecture on the Occasion of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture’s
Centenary”, Art Institute of Chicago.
1998 Organized The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Competition for the IIT Campus
Center (In cooperation with IIT VP David Baker). Exhibition of results at IIT and The Art Institute
of Chicago. Lectures on the IIT Campus Center Competition at Archeworks, Art Institute Of
Chicago, Chicago Architecture Club, The Arts Club of Chicago, The Cliffdwellers Club, etc.
1997 Organized the “Beyond Mies: Technology, the City and Cycles of the Modern” symposium and
interactive website, IIT. Panelist, “Alternatives in Architectural Education”, The Graham
Foundation. Lectures on education: Chicago Historical Society, Chicago Women in Architecture,
AIA-Illinois.
1996 Panel presenter, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Conference, Boston.
“Careers in Teaching Workshop” (ACSA Junior Faculty Initiative). “The Role of Urban Design in
the Architectural Curriculum” (AIA/RUDC Education Subcomm.). “Degrees of Difference: B.Arch;
M.Arch; Ph.D.: The Economics of Architectural Education” (the AIA Architects in Education PIA).
1995 Lecture, “Palladio at the Millennium”, University of Virginia School of Architecture’s Vicenza
Program, Italy. Lecture, “Architecture and the City (What to do now, and how to do it)”, Phi Beta
Kappa Induction Ceremony, Tulane University. Lecture, “Real People, Real Places, Real
History”, Preservation Resource Center Annual Meeting. Respondent, Conference “Inherited
Ideologies: A Re-Examination”, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts.
Lecture, “Recombinant Speculation and Making”, Catholic Univ. of American School of
Architecture
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EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES (cont.)
1994 “Practice in the PostModern Ethos--The Divided Body”, Center for the Study of the Practice of
Architecture, College of Design, Architecture, University of Cincinnati.
Panel presenter; "The Future of Architectural Education?", ACSA Annual Meeting, plenury
session, Montreal, Canada.
Speaker: "The Rivergate--A Symposium", sponsored by Preservation Resource Center, the
Louisiana Landmarks Society, and the Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans.
Lecture: "New Orleans, Architecture and Urbanism: Mid-century and Today", New Orleans
Women’s Professional Council.
Lecture: "Tulane, Architecture and the Twentieth Century", Tulane University Women's
Association
Co-organizer (with Catherine Ingraham), “The Politics of Contemporary Architectural Discourse”
symposium, Tulane University, for issue #27 of Assemblage. Panel presenter, Conference
1993 Lecture; "High Cost/Low Design: The Twentieth Century Experiment," Contempoary Arts Center,
NOLA. Panel presenter: "The University and the City", ACSA Administrators' Conference.
1992 Lecture: "Hidden Agendas", Washington University School of Architecture, St. Louis, MS.
1991 Lecture: "Hidden Agendas", University of Virginia School of Architecture, Charlottesville, VA.
1990 Lecture: "Recent Work", Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA.
Lecture: "Tele-scriptions", Parsons School of Design, New York City.
1987 “Room in the City Exhibition”, City Gallery, New York City. Lecture: "Soundings",
Columbia/Barnard Colleges Architecture Lecture Series., New York City
1985 Architecture and Literature Symposium, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture,
Planning. Organizer and Panelist, with Mary McLeod and Joan Ockman. “Faculty Work
Exhibition”, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture.
1984 “Daria Dorosh: New Works in Collaboration with Architects Exhibition”, A.I.R. Gallery, New York,
N.Y. Gallery Installation: "A Fence." “Detail--The Special Task”, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Invitational exhibition of women in architecture.
1983 “Invitational Alumni Exhibition”, Univ. of Virginia School of Architecture. Showed "The Shaving Glass."
1982 “Tenth Anniversary Show”, Alliance of Women in Architecture Invitational Exhibition at The Urban
Center, New York, and Columbia University School of Architecture. “16 Architects--19 Designers”,
exhibition & catalogue, Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Art Auction 1982
1981 “Responses to the City”, lecture and exhibition series sponsored by The Young Architects
Comm., The Architectural League, New York City Showed "Images of American Buildings".
“Window Room Furniture”, The Cooper Union and Japan. Invitational exhibition.
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Essay, “Participating in Architectural Education”, AIA Handbook for Professional Practice, Wiley
2011 Essay, BIM In Academia, Phil Bernstein and Peggy Deamer, eds., Yale University Press
2005 Editorial Consultant, Praxis Journal of Writing and Building, Issues 1 – 7 (on-going)
“Introduction”, State Street Village – IIT, Helmut Jahn, publication, (Chicago: Flash Press, 2004)
2004 UmBauhaus: Updating Modernism, Hollwich and Weisbach, eds., Jovis (Berlin, 2004). Interview
featured in book.
2003 “The IIT Campus Center by OMA”, interview with Rem Koolhaas, Illinois Institute of Technology
publication (January 2004).
1997 “The Divided Body: Who Says the Body is Divided?”, Practices 5-6, Center for the Study of the
Practice of Architecture, University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, etc., 1997.
1995 “The Loring House--by Richard Neutra, renovated by Robertson McAnulty”, The Los Angeles
House,--Decoration and Design in America’s 20th Century City, by Tim Street-Porter, (New York:
Clarkson Potter, 1995, p.134-137).
Gravidity, Gravity and the Passing of Time”, TSA News, Issue 6, April 1995
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PUBLICATIONS (cont.)
1994 “The Politics of Contemporary Architectural Discourse” symposium’s documentation, Assemblage 27.
“Accreditation Review Report”, TSA News, Issue 4, October 1994.
1993 "The New Orleans Casino", TSA News, Issue 0, October 1993.
1992 “Room in the City Project”, Assemblage 16, January 1992.
1991 "A Place in the Sun", Baskerville Residence: Neutra house renovation and addition, HG (House
& Garden), February.
1990 "Room in the City", Lotus international, No. 66, Fall.
1987 Room in the City Exhibition Catalogue, Princeton University Press, 1987.
1980 "The Bessie Smith Memorial Dance Hall," Heresies Issue 11 on Architecture, Summer, 1980.
"Inside Out/Outside In: An Evolving Tradition in the Design of Interior Space," Process:
Architecture, Spring, 1980 (with Susana Torre)
REVIEWS
2011 “A Dean Looks Back”, (Interview with Alan G. Brake, Ed. Midwest edition), The Architect’s
Newspaper, 2.08.2012
“Robertson To Resign as Dean at IIT”, Kriston Capps, Architect magazine online
2007 “75th anniversary celebrated at Scottsdale's Taliesin West”, Kate Nolan, The Arizona Republic
2006 “The Perils of Restoring ‘Less is More’”, Sara Hart, Architectural Record, January (Crown Hall)
“Chicago Hits This One Out of the Park”, Robert Campbell, Boston Globe, January (Crown Hall)
“Moving Beyond Mies”, Frank Edgerton Martin, Landscape Architecture, September (IIT’s
landscape designs)
2005 “Crown Jewel”, Metropolis, December
“Twenty first Century Mies”, Ed Keegan, Architecture, October
“Crown Hall Gets 50 th Birthday Present”, Tracy Ostroff, AIArchitect (online newsletter of AIA), May
“Crown Glory”, Victor M. Cassidy, artnet, September 15
“Sweet Nothing”, Lynn Becker, Chicago Reader, September 2
“Crown Hall dazzles in Mies Simplicity: IIT renovation a design triumph”, Blair Kamin, Chicago
Tribune, August 21
“IIT’s Crown Hall—No Detail Too Small”, Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune, May 22
“IIT’s Mies renovation off to hard-hitting start”, Kevin Nance, Chicago Sun-Times, May 18
“Crown Hall Restoration Summer 2005”, Preservation Briefs, Architectural Record, March
2004 “IIT’s Jewel in the Crown”, IIT Magazine, Spring 2004”, interview with Rem Koolhaas, Illinois
Institute of Technology publication (January 2004).
2004 “Chicago’s 100 Most Influential Women”, Crain’s Chicago, Spring 2004.
“Chicago’s Bold Rebirth”, Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune, 4.18.04.
2003 “Donna Robertson: IIT’s architecture dean as client”, Architectural Record profile, 05.04, p. 264.
2012 Quoted in articles re. IIT Masterplan effort, Campus Center and new Residence Hall (Helmut Jahn) in
The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Washington Post, etc. Chicago Tribune Sunday
Magazine (August): featured in “Real Women/Real Fashion”. Wallpaper magazine (July/August) Design
Directory: featured in “Ten Who Will Change the Way We Live Today.”
2000 Articles in Wallpaper magazine (Oct.) and Chicago Sun-Times (Feb.)
1999 “Design After Mies”, ANY 24-1999, ed. Detlef Mertins on the Campus Center Competition, “The
British Are Coming”, Architectural Record, March 1999. “Building a Better Bus Stop", Chicago
Tribune, 18 April 1999. “The IIT Campus Center Competition”, Casabella, Spring 1999.
1998 “The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Competition for the IIT Campus Center”,
results reviewed by Blair Kamin/Chicago Tribune, Lee Bey/Chicago Sun-Times, Herbert
Muschamp/The New York Times, The Economist, The Independent, Engineering News Record,
Architectural Record, WBEZ-FM, Nikkei Architectur, Berliner Zeitung, Architektur, a+u, and ANY
24 “Design After Mies” journal devoted to project.
“The Beyond Mies Symposium” covered by the Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times.
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REVIEWS (cont.)
1991 "Room in the City" in "Domesticity at War", Beatriz Colomina, Ottagono, No. 97, Assemblage 16
and Discourse. Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture.
1988 "Out of Order: The Public Art Machine", Patricia Phillips, ArtForum, Dec. 1988.
1987 "Room in The City", Patricia Phillips, ArtForum, Sept. 1987. "Compressed Living," Victoria Geibel,
Metropolis, April 1987. (Room in the City) "Bring Light and Space To a Tenement," Paul
Goldberger, New York Times, Arts and Leisure, Sunday May 3, 1987: Review of “Room in the
City” project.
1986 "Cinderella Transformations: Small Spaces Look Larger," J. Giovannini, New York Times, Feb. 20.
1984 "Daria Dorosh: New Works in Collaboration with Architects," ArtForum, May; Express, March;
New York Times, March.
1982 "Cracks in the Dwelling," Christian Hubert, Skyline, Jan. 1982.
"Comic to Cosmic: Work by Young Architects," S. L. Ryder, Metropolis, Oct '81.
ACADEMIC SERVICE (recent)
2012-2013 Leave of Absence from teaching and service
2003-2012 Seminar: Contemporary Chicago Architecture: Case Studies.
Seminar: Carr Chapel Preservation and Restoration.
2010-2012 Co-Chair, IIT Design Review Comm. Chair, University Distinguished Professor Selection
Committee, Category One Faculty Meetings. Organizer, Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Advisor,
IIT Trustees Facilities Comm. re. Campus architecture and planning. University Host for campus
visits. Participant, Mies Society Board Meetings. Seminar on “Contemporary Chicago
Architecture: Case Studies” with Ed Uhlir.
2009-2010 Co-Chair, IIT Design Review Comm. Chair, University Distinguished Professor Selection
Committee, Category One Faculty Meetings. Organizer, Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Advisor,
IIT Trustees Facilities Comm. re. Campus architecture and planning. University Host for campus
visits. Participant, Mies Society Board Meetings. Project Leader, IIT Carr Chapel Restoration
team. Seminar on “Contemporary Chicago Architecture: Case Studies” with Ed Uhlir. Thesis
Advisor, Ahmed Ali Hassan, ‘Towards An Approach to Illuminate Historic Buildings in Egypt”.
2008-2009 Co-Chair, IIT Design Review Comm. Chair, University Academic Calendar Committee, Category
One Faculty Meetings. Organizer, Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Advisor, IIT Trustees Facilities
Comm. re. Campus architecture and planning (on-going). University Host for campus visits.
Participant, Mies Society Board Meetings. Project Leader, IIT Carr Chapel Restoration team.
Seminar on “Contemporary Chicago Architecture: Case Studies” with Ed Uhlir. Masters Thesis
Advisor, Ahmed Mansour.
2007-2008 Co-Chair, IIT Design Review Comm. Chair, Provost’s Space Comm. Chair, Category One Faculty
Meetings. Organizer, Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Advisor, IIT Trustees Facilities Comm. re.
Campus architecture and planning (on-going). University Host for campus visits. Participant,
Mies Society Board Meetings. Project Leader, IIT Carr Chapel Restoration team. Seminar on
“Carr Chapel Restoration”, with Gunny Harboe. University Academic Calendar Committee.
2006-2007 Member, IIT Presidential Search Committee. Co-Chair, IIT Design Review Comm. Chair,
Provost’s Space Comm. Chair, Category One Faculty Meetings. Organizer, Lecture Series, Fall &
Spring. Advisor, IIT Trustees Facilities Comm. University Host for campus visits. Member, IIT
Honorary Degree Committee, IIT. Project Leader, new IIT Master of Landscape Architecture.
Participant, Mies Society Board Meetings. Member, Campus Design Review committee. Project
Leader, IIT Carr Chapel Restoration team. Seminar on Chapel Restoration, with Gunny Harboe.
2005-2006 Chair, Category One Faculty Meetings. Organizer: Crown Hall Fiftieth Celebration and Lecture
Series, Fall & Spring. Advisor, IIT Trustees Facilities Comm. re. Campus architecture and
planning (on-going). University Host for campus visits. Member, IIT Honorary Degree Committee, IIT.
Project Leader, new IIT Master of Landscape Architecture. Participant, Mies Society Board
Meetings. Co-Chair, Campus Design Review committee. Reappointment Review Committee for
Director Whitney. Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Ed Uhlir and Rob Jones.
2004-2005 Chair, Category One Faculty Meetings. Organizer: College Lecture Series. Advisor to IIT
Trustees Facilities Comm. re. Campus architecture and planning. IIT Host for campus visits.
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ACADEMIC SERVICE (recent)
2004-2005 Member, Honorary Degree Committee, IIT. Started new Master of Landscape Architecture, IIT.
Participant, Mies Society Board. Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Uhlir and Jones.
2003-2004 Member, IIT Mies Society effort to restore historic modernist buildings. Chair, Welcome Center
Committee for the IIT Campus Center (complete Oct. 03). Chair, Validation Conference 03 Task
Force (NAAB) (finished Oct. 03). Chair, Dean’s Advisory Comm. Organizer: College Lecture
2003-2004 Series, Fall & Spring. Prepared and successfully executed “Public Opening of the IIT Campus
Center”, IIT. Advisor to IIT and Trustees Facilities Comm. re. Campus architecture and planning.
Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Uhlir and Jones.
2002—2003 President (until Nov. 2003), Board of Directors, NAAB. Chair of Executive Committee, NAAB.
Chair, Welcome Center Committee for the IIT Campus Center (ongoing). Chair, Validation
Conference 03 Task Force (NAAB) (ongoing). Chair, Dean’s Advisory Comm. Organizer:
College Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Ed Uhlir and Rob
Jones.
2001-2002 President-Elect, Board of Directors, NAAB. Member, NAAB Executive Comm. Chair, Welcome
Center Committee for the IIT Campus Center (ongoing). Chair, Validation Conference 03 Task
Force (NAAB) (ongoing). Chair, Dean’s Advisory Comm. Director, Sam Beway Dissertation
Comm. (awarded). Organizer: College Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Prepared and successfully
executed “Review for Reappointment as Dean of the College”, IIT. Chair, Reappointment Review
of Ellen Mitchell, Director of IIT Institute of Psychology. Member, IIT Senior Leadership Council to
the President. Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Uhlir and Jones.
2000-2001 Member, The IIT Mies Campus Comm. Member, IIT Academic Leadership Council of Main Campus.
Chair, Dean’s Advisory Comm. Director, Dissertation Comm. for Sam Beway. Organizer: College
Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Wrote and Edited College of Architecture “Architecture Program
Report” and managed successful re-accreditation review by NAAB, for continued accreditation of
professional degree programs. Opened new “IIT France” study abroad program space in Paris.
DOE grant proposal achieved for $70,000 “Calumet Environmental Center Competition”
programming and professional advisor. Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Uhlir and Jones.
REFERENCES
Dr. Allan Myerson 617-452-3790
(IIT Provost 2002-2008)
Professor of the Practice
Department of Chemical
Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Bernard Tschumi 212-854-3473
Professor and Dean Emeritus
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning
Columbia University, 116th St. and
Broadway
New York, New York 10027
Bernard Tschumi Architect
212 807 6340
Billie Tsien 212-582-2385
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Associates
222 Central Park South
New York, New York 10017
Mack Scogin, Professor 617-495-2591
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
48 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Scogin, Elam Architects 404-525-6542
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