Anthony honored by ACSA

Kathryn H. Anthony, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2009-10 Distinguished Professor Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).

She is a 1973 graduate of La Jolla High School and part-time resident of La Jolla. Her parents, Dr. Harry and Anne Anthony, have been La Jolla residents for the last 40 years.

The award honors an outstanding individual who has sustained creative achievement in the advancement of architectural education through teaching, design, scholarship, research or service, according to a news release.

Kathryn Anthony is the longest-serving female professor at the School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she has taught since 1984. Her career spans more than 30 years of teaching at the University of Illinois, Cal State Pomona and UC Berkeley, her alma mater.

Anthony has authored more than 100 publications, including two award-winning books, “Design Juries on Trial: The Renaissance of the Design Studio” and “Designing for Diversity: Gender, Race and Ethnicity in the Architectural Profession.”