Background
Bliznakov, Milka Tcherneva was born on September 20, 1927 in Varna, Bulgaria. Daughter of Ivan Dimitrov and Maria Kesarova (Khorozova) Tchernev. came to the United States, 1961, naturalized, 1966.
Bliznakov, Milka Tcherneva was born on September 20, 1927 in Varna, Bulgaria. Daughter of Ivan Dimitrov and Maria Kesarova (Khorozova) Tchernev. came to the United States, 1961, naturalized, 1966.
Architect-engineer diploma, State Technology University, Sofia, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Engineering-Structural Institute, Sofia, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, Columbia University, 1971.
Senior engineering researcher Ministry Heavy Industry, Sofia, 1950-1953. Private practice architecture, 1954-1959. Associate architect Noel Combrisson, Paris, 1959-1961.
Designer Perkins & Will Partnership, White Plains, New York, 1963-1967. Project architect Lathrop Douglass, New York City, 1967-1971. Associate professor architecture and planning School Architecture, University Texas, Austin, 1972-1974.
Professor College Architecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1974-1998, professor emerita, 1998—2010. Board directors founder International Archives Women in Architecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, The Parthena award, 1994.
Member International Archive Women in Architecture (founder, chair board directors), American Association Teachers Slavic and East European Languages, Society Architectural Historians, National Trust History Preservation, American Association Advancement of Slavic Studies, Association Collegiate Schools of Planning, Institute Modern Russian Culture (chairperson architecture, co-founder, director), Bulgarian Studies Association, Association Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
Married Emile G. Bliznakov, October 23, 1954 (divorced April, 1974).