Résumé

Architect, City of New York, Department of Public Works, New York, NY, 1950–1955.

Architect, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM), Architects, New York, NY, 1955–1960.

Architect, Victor Gruen Associates, Los Angeles, CA, 1960–1968.

Architect, Gruen Associates, Los Angeles, CA, 1968-1980.

Vice-President/Project Director, Welton D. Becket and Associates, Los Angeles, CA. 1980-1985. Sklarek worked on the Los Angeles International Airport's Terminal I, collaborating with Margo Hebald-Heyman as associate architect.

Partner, Siegel, Sklarek and Diamond, Architects, Venice, Los Angeles, CA, 1985–1989.

Principal of Project Management, Jerde Partnership, Venice,Los Angeles, CA, 1989–1992

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA). She was the first African-American woman to become a member.

Director, AIA, Los Angeles Chapter, Board of Directors, Los Angeles, CA.

Chair, AIA, National Ethics Council.

Sklarek became the first African-American woman to become a Licensed Architect in the State of NY. She was also the first to become a Licensed Architect in the State of CA in 1962.

Director, University of Southern California, (USC), Architectural Guild, Board of Directors, Los Angeles, CA.

Master Juror, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), 1987.

Commissioner, California State Board of Architectural Examiners, 2003-2007.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1980. Sklarek was the first African-American woman to be elected to Fellowship in the AIA.

Recipient, AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, 2008

College

Coursework, Barnard College, New York, NY, 1944–1945.

B.Arch., Columbia University, New York, NY, 1945–1950.

Spouse

She wed the architect Rolf Sklarek.