Background
Piomelli was born in Naples, Italy.
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Rosaria Piomelli
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She received her education in Naples, where she finished her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in 1955.
Career
She became the first woman to hold the position of dean at any architectural school in the United States when she was appointed dean of the City College of New York School of Architecture in 1980. She also obtained her Bachelor of Architecture in 1960. She has a daughter, Fosca Francesca Piomelli.
Piomelli worked as a project architect in several offices in Italy, the United States and the Netherlands from 1971 to 1974.
She has worked as a professor and also served many terms at various positions in the United States. Piomelli has also devoted herself to promoting the work of women in the architecture field
She has also written books about the work of women in American architecture. The M. Rosaria Piomelli Architectural, 1960-1995, are held in Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, under the collection number MS1995-007.
