Education
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois. Master of Arts, Illinois Institute of Technology. Postgrad., Graduate School Design, Harvard University, 1950.
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois. Master of Arts, Illinois Institute of Technology. Postgrad., Graduate School Design, Harvard University, 1950.
Architectural designer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, 1954-1959, C.F. Murphy Associates, Chicago, 1959-1962, 65-67. Private practice architecture Lempp Kerbis Associates, since 1967. Lecturer University Illinois, 1969.
Professor William Rainey Harper College, 1970—1995, Washington University, St. Louis, 1977, 82, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1989-1991. Architectural consultant Department Urban Renewal, City of Chicago. Member Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Open Land Project, Mid-North Community Organization, Chicago Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council, Chicago Mayor's Commission for Preservation Chicago's History Architecture.
Board directors Chicago School Architecture Foundation, 1972-1976. Trustee Chicago Architectural Assistance Center, Glessner House Foundation, Inland Architect Magazine. Lecturer Art Institute Chicago, University New Mexico, Illinois Institute of Technology, Washington University, St. Louis, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, University Utah, Salt Lake City.
Principal architectural works include United States Air Force Academy dining hall, Colorado, 1957, Skokie (Illinois) Public Library, 1959, Meadows Club, Lake Meadows, Chicago, 1959, O'Hare International Airport 7 Continents Bldg, 1963. Principal developer and architect: Tennis Club, Highland Park, Illinois, 1968, Watervliet, Michigan Tennis Ranch, 1970, Greenhouse Condominium, Chicago, 1976, Webster-Clark Townhouses, Chicago, 1986, Chappell School, 1993. Exhibited at Chicago History Society, 1984, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, 1985, Paris Exhibition Chicago Architects, 1985, Spertus Museum.
Represented in permanent architectural drawings collection Art Institute Chicago.
Active Art Institute Chicago. Fellow American Institute of Architects (board directors Chicago chapter 1971-1975, chapter president 1980, national committee architecture, arts and recreation 1972-1975, committee on design 1975-1980, head subcommittee institute honors nomination). Member Chicago Women in Architecture (founder), Chicago Network, International Women's Forum, Arts Club Chicago, Cliff Dwellers (board directors 1987-1988, president 1988, 89), Lambda Alpha.
Married Walter Peterhans (deceased). Married Donald Kerbis (div. 1972); children: Julian, Lisa, Kim.