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==Biography==
==Biography==
Daphne Elizabeth Brown was born April 28, 1948 in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]] to Sophie Mary (née Rowbotham) and Ridgley Staniford Brown. In her childhood, her family relocated to [[Gardner, Massachusetts]] and she attended school at Walnut Hill School in [[Natick, Massachusetts]]. She continued her education at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1970 and in 1973, earned her Masters in [[architecture]] from the [[University of Washington]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|title=Daphne Brown: April 28, 1948 - December 10, 2011|url=http://www.janssenfuneralhomes.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=535856|publisher=Janssen Funeral Homes|accessdate=17 October 2015|location=Anchorage, Alaska|date=2011}}</ref>
Daphne Elizabeth Brown was born April 28, 1948, in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]] to Sophie Mary (née Rowbotham) and Ridgley Staniford Brown. In her childhood, her family relocated to [[Gardner, Massachusetts]] and she attended school at Walnut Hill School in [[Natick, Massachusetts]]. She continued her education at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1970 and in 1973, earned her master's degree in [[architecture]] from the [[University of Washington]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|title=Daphne Brown: April 28, 1948 - December 10, 2011|url=http://www.janssenfuneralhomes.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=535856|publisher=Janssen Funeral Homes|access-date=17 October 2015|location=Anchorage, Alaska|date=2011}}</ref>


In 1975, Brown moved to Alaska and began her career working for Ed Crittenden at CCC Architects in Anchorage. She began working with Kumin Associates in 1987<ref name=AWHoF>{{cite web|title=Daphne Elizabeth Brown|url=http://alaskawomenshalloffame.org/alumnae/name/daphne-brown/|publisher=Alaska Women's Hall of Fame|accessdate=17 October 2015|location=Anchorage, Alaska|date=2013}}</ref> and in 1988, her work was recognized in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) traveling exhibition to acknowledge the contributions of women architects. The exhibition, entitled ''Many More: Women in Architecture, 1978-1988'', featured 77 projects accepted from women architects by the committee.<ref name="Women in Architecture exhibit">{{cite web|title="Many More: Women in Architecture, 1978-1988"|url=http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00543.xml|publisher=Virginia Tech Libraries|accessdate=17 October 2015|location=Blacksburg, Virginia|date=1988}}</ref> She was honored with a Loeb fellowship from the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]] in 1989.<ref name=obit />
In 1975, Brown moved to Alaska and began her career working for [[Edwin Butler Crittenden]] at CCC Architects in Anchorage. She began working with Kumin Associates in 1987<ref name=AWHoF>{{cite web|title=Daphne Elizabeth Brown|url=http://alaskawomenshalloffame.org/alumnae/name/daphne-brown/|publisher=Alaska Women's Hall of Fame|access-date=17 October 2015|location=Anchorage, Alaska|date=2013}}</ref> and in 1988, her work was recognized in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) traveling exhibition to acknowledge the contributions of women architects. The exhibition, entitled ''Many More: Women in Architecture, 1978-1988'', featured 77 projects accepted from women architects by the committee.<ref name="Women in Architecture exhibit">{{cite web|title="Many More: Women in Architecture, 1978-1988"|url=http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00543.xml|publisher=Virginia Tech Libraries|access-date=17 October 2015|location=Blacksburg, Virginia|date=1988}}</ref> She was honored with a Loeb fellowship from the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]] in 1989.<ref name=obit />


Brown was involved in many corollary support organizations, serving as the chair of the state licensing board for architecture, engineering and land surveying; the chair of the board for subdivisions and boundaries; and the chair of the planning and zoning commission.<ref name=partnership>{{cite news|title=Movers & Shakers|url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/community/2007-01-21/movers-amp-shakers|accessdate=17 October 2015|issue=1|publisher=Alaska Journal|date=January 2007|location=Anchorage, Alaska}}</ref> In 2002,<ref name=ASD>{{cite web|title=Minutes of the Anchorage School Board Special Session April 15, 2002|url=https://www.asdk12.org/School_Board/Archives/Arc2001-2002/Minutes/M20020415_630.pdf|publisher=Anchorage School District K-12|accessdate=17 October 2015|location=Anchorage, Alaska|date=15 April 2002}}</ref> she began work on a project to expand and renovate the [[Anchorage Museum|Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center]]. Brown's role in the project was to ensure that the design met with the "technical, climatic, structural, and seismic" requirements of Anchorage codes and conditions,<ref name="Building Design + Construction">{{cite web|last1=Storm|first1=Gene|title=Devil in the Details|url=http://www.kuminalaska.com/press/anchmuseumfeature_bdc_122008.pdf|publisher=Building Design + Construction|accessdate=17 October 2015|date=December 15, 2008}}</ref> She served as the overall project manager of the 90,000 sq ft addition and remodeling of the existing space. In 2007, she became a partner in Kumin Associates.<ref name=partnership />
Brown was involved in many corollary support organizations, serving as the chair of the state licensing board for architecture, engineering and land surveying; the chair of the board for subdivisions and boundaries; and the chair of the planning and zoning commission.<ref name=partnership>{{cite news|title=Movers & Shakers|url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/community/2007-01-21/movers-amp-shakers|access-date=17 October 2015|issue=1|publisher=Alaska Journal|date=January 2007|location=Anchorage, Alaska}}</ref> In 2002,<ref name=ASD>{{cite web|title=Minutes of the Anchorage School Board Special Session April 15, 2002|url=https://www.asdk12.org/School_Board/Archives/Arc2001-2002/Minutes/M20020415_630.pdf|publisher=Anchorage School District K-12|access-date=17 October 2015|location=Anchorage, Alaska|date=15 April 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130074739/http://asdk12.org/School_Board/Archives/Arc2001-2002/Minutes/M20020415_630.pdf|archive-date=30 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> she began work on a project to expand and renovate the [[Anchorage Museum|Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center]]. Brown's role in the project was to ensure that the design met with the "technical, climatic, structural, and seismic" requirements of Anchorage codes and conditions,<ref name="Building Design + Construction">{{cite web|last1=Storm|first1=Gene|title=Devil in the Details|url=http://www.kuminalaska.com/press/anchmuseumfeature_bdc_122008.pdf|publisher=Building Design + Construction|access-date=17 October 2015|date=December 15, 2008}}</ref> She served as the overall project manager of the 90,000 sq ft addition and remodeling of the existing space. In 2007, she became a partner in Kumin Associates.<ref name=partnership />


She died of uterine cancer on December 10, 2011 in [[Anchorage]], Alaska.<ref name=obit /> In 2013, she was posthumously honored as an inductee into the [[Alaska Women's Hall of Fame]]<ref name=AWHoF /> and was awarded the Kumin Award from the AIA, the highest recognition for architectural achievement in Alaska.<ref name="AIA Alaska">{{cite news|title=A Couple of Highlights from the Conference|url=http://aiaalaska.org/Pages/CurrentEvents-Dec2013.html|accessdate=17 October 2015|publisher=AIA Alaska|date=December 2013|location=Anchorage, Alaska}}</ref>
She died of uterine cancer on December 10, 2011, in [[Anchorage]], Alaska.<ref name=obit /> In 2013, she was posthumously honored as an inductee into the [[Alaska Women's Hall of Fame]]<ref name=AWHoF /> and was awarded the Kumin Award from the AIA, the highest recognition for architectural achievement in Alaska.<ref name="AIA Alaska">{{cite news|title=A Couple of Highlights from the Conference|url=http://aiaalaska.org/Pages/CurrentEvents-Dec2013.html|access-date=17 October 2015|publisher=AIA Alaska|date=December 2013|location=Anchorage, Alaska|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017223800/http://aiaalaska.org/Pages/CurrentEvents-Dec2013.html|archive-date=17 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 03:02, 20 April 2024

Daphne Elizabeth Brown
Born(1948-04-28)April 28, 1948
Manchester, New Hampshire
DiedDecember 10, 2011(2011-12-10) (aged 63)
Anchorage, Alaska
NationalityAmerican
Occupationarchitect
Years active1975-2010
Known forproject manager of the Anchorage Museum expansion
SpouseJonathan Curry Steele

Daphne Elizabeth Brown (1948–2011) was an American architect who was posthumously inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame and awarded the Kumin Award from the American Institute of Architects, the highest recognition for architectural achievement in Alaska.

Biography

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Daphne Elizabeth Brown was born April 28, 1948, in Manchester, New Hampshire to Sophie Mary (née Rowbotham) and Ridgley Staniford Brown. In her childhood, her family relocated to Gardner, Massachusetts and she attended school at Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts. She continued her education at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1970 and in 1973, earned her master's degree in architecture from the University of Washington.[1]

In 1975, Brown moved to Alaska and began her career working for Edwin Butler Crittenden at CCC Architects in Anchorage. She began working with Kumin Associates in 1987[2] and in 1988, her work was recognized in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) traveling exhibition to acknowledge the contributions of women architects. The exhibition, entitled Many More: Women in Architecture, 1978-1988, featured 77 projects accepted from women architects by the committee.[3] She was honored with a Loeb fellowship from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1989.[1]

Brown was involved in many corollary support organizations, serving as the chair of the state licensing board for architecture, engineering and land surveying; the chair of the board for subdivisions and boundaries; and the chair of the planning and zoning commission.[4] In 2002,[5] she began work on a project to expand and renovate the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. Brown's role in the project was to ensure that the design met with the "technical, climatic, structural, and seismic" requirements of Anchorage codes and conditions,[6] She served as the overall project manager of the 90,000 sq ft addition and remodeling of the existing space. In 2007, she became a partner in Kumin Associates.[4]

She died of uterine cancer on December 10, 2011, in Anchorage, Alaska.[1] In 2013, she was posthumously honored as an inductee into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame[2] and was awarded the Kumin Award from the AIA, the highest recognition for architectural achievement in Alaska.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Daphne Brown: April 28, 1948 - December 10, 2011". Anchorage, Alaska: Janssen Funeral Homes. 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Daphne Elizabeth Brown". Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ^ ""Many More: Women in Architecture, 1978-1988"". Blacksburg, Virginia: Virginia Tech Libraries. 1988. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Movers & Shakers". No. 1. Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Journal. January 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Minutes of the Anchorage School Board Special Session April 15, 2002" (PDF). Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage School District K-12. 15 April 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ^ Storm, Gene (December 15, 2008). "Devil in the Details" (PDF). Building Design + Construction. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ^ "A Couple of Highlights from the Conference". Anchorage, Alaska: AIA Alaska. December 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


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