Olive Chadeayne

American architect, Olive Chadeayne began studying architecture at the University of California (currently UCLA) in 1922 later completing her coursework at Berkeley when the UCLA architecture program was shut down. Chadeayne graduated with a B.A. in Architecture from Berkeley in 1926 and completed her graduate work there in 1927. Pierpont & Walter Davis hired Chadeayne shortly after graduation until 1935 when Chadeayne met architect Lilian J. Rice (1888-1938) with whom she collaborated for three years, designing two schools, small offices and other assorted buildings. When Rice passed away suddenly in 1938, Chadeayne went on to complete a number of Rice's unfinished work projects. In 1940 she accepted a teaching position at Cornell University, but returned two years later to California where she worked for Lockheed as production illustrator for the engineering department while working on side projects, mainly residential and educational facilities. By 1951 Chadeayne was hired at Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall (DMJM), and from 1958 to 1965 worked at A.Q. Jones & Frederick Emmons on projects including a U.S. Air Force hospital, Naval housing and the U.S. Consulate in Singapore. In 1966 she was hired to write specifications at the Bank of America Headquarters in San Francisco, California, and by 1970 formally retired, working part time until 1973 as a consultant for SOM. Chadeayne held membership with the AWA (Association of Women Architects) and the Los Angeles chapter of the AlA, serving as chairwoman for the Codes Committee.