MArch, University of Oregon; BA, North Dakota State University
Kathryn Dean is the director of the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design and the JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Professor of Architecture. She launched Dean/Wolf in 1991 with her husband, Charles Wolf. Over the years the firm has earned a reputation for breathing new life into contemporary residential architecture, completing dozens of homes and major interior renovations. Their work has been featured in several exhibitions and more than a dozen books, including Forty Under Forty (1995) and The New City Home (2002), as well as in numerous architectural journals.
In 1986-87, Dean was awarded the Rome Prize Fellowship and spent a year in residence at the American Academy in Rome. Other honors include the Young Architects Award from Progressive Architecture magazine (1993); an Emerging Voices Award from the Architectural League of New York (1997); and an Alumni Achievement Award from North Dakota State University (1998).
Marilyn Fox and Juhani Pallasmaa are among the six individuals who will be awarded honorary degrees from Washington University in St. Louis during the 152nd Commencement May 17.