# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norma-merrick-sklarek
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:02:05.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norma-merrick-sklarek"
name: "Norma Merrick Sklarek"
slug: "norma-merrick-sklarek"
description: "Norma Merrick Sklarek was an American architect. Sklarek was the first African American woman to become a licensed architect in the states of New York (1954) and California (1962), as well as the first Black woman to become a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Her notable works include the United States Embassy in Tokyo, Japan (1976) and the Terminal One station at the Los Angeles International Airport (1984). Sklarek is credited with helping to pave the way for other female and minority architects. AIA board member Anthony Costello called her the “Rosa Parks of architecture” in the AIA newsletter."
tagline: "American architect (1926–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norma_Sklarek_public_domain.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1926-04-15"
deathDate: "2012-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.21458
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "نورما ميريك سكلارك"
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    title: "نورما ميريك سكلاريك"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Merrick_Sklarek"
    title: "Norma Merrick Sklarek"
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    title: "Νόρμα Μέρικ Σκλάρεκ"
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    title: "Norma Merrick Sklarek"
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    title: "Norma Merrick Sklarek"
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    title: "نرما مریک اسکلارک"
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    title: "Norma Merrick Sklarek"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump