“The Jean Roth Driskel Scholarship Committee will award 6 scholarships in 2026 at $8,000 each with a total distribution of $48,000. Thank you to all the current and past donors who have made this possible.

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In honor of Women’s History month, we want to share more about the exceptional accomplishments of the female architect behind this scholarship program and our chapter's first female president.

Jean was a native of the State of Washington and educated at the University of Washington and the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. She opened her own office in South Pasadena in 1948 and joined the Chapter in 1956. She became Chapter President in 1968.

She was also:

• The first woman to be elected as an officer, (Secretary), of the California Council of the AIA;
• President of the Association of Women in Architecture;
• US Delegate to the International Union of Women Architects;
• Chair of the South Pasadena Mayor’s Committee on Cultural Heritage;
• Secretary of the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce;
• And - the third woman to be elected to the AIA College of Fellows.

We offer a skyscraper of appreciation for her leadership here in the Pasadena & Foothill region and chapter!

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