Maria Ramona Azzarone Bentel


General Information


Occupation: Architect, Educator

Date of Birth: January 01, 1928

Date of Death: January 01, 2000

Birth City: New York

Birth State/Province: New York

Birth Country: United States

Resident Country: United States

Archive/Repository: IAWA, Special Collections Newman Library, MS2000-100

Sources: IAWA, Special Collections Newman Library, MS2000-100, Obituary


Specialties


Subject: Schools, Libraries, Religious Buildings

Description: with her husband Frederick Bentel


Jobs


Employer: Bentel & Bentel

Title: Founding Partner with Dr. Frederick R. Bentel, FAIA

City: Locust Valley

State: New York

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1957


Employer: New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)

State: New York

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1977


Employer: City University of New York

Title: Lecturer

State: New York

Country: United States


Collaborators


Name: Frederick Bentel

Project: Various

Organization: Bentel & Bentel, architects/planners A.I.A.


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: Woman of the Year

Description: Nassau-Suffolk County


Name: Lifetime Achievement Metal

Description: Long Island Chapter of the American Institute of Architects

Date Received: January 01, 1999

Notes: awarded to Maria and her husband and partner Frederick


Name: New York State Association of Architects Award


Name: Distinguished Faculty Award

Description: awarded by the alumni of the Architecture School at NYIT

Date Received: January 01, 1999

Notes: in honor of her commitment as an educator


Name: Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship

Description: attended the Instituto d'Architettura di Venezia

Date Received: January 01, 1952

Notes: awarded in 1952 and 1953


Exhibitions


Title: Museums at Stony Brook

City: Stony Brook

Country: United States


Title: New York Institute of Technology library

City: New York

Country: United States


Title: St. Joseph's College Library

Country: United States


Notable Projects


Title: St. Francis de Sales Church

City: Bennington

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: St. Anthony's Church

City: Nanuet

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Nassau Centre Office Building

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Shelter Rock Library

City: Searingtown

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Salten Hall, New York Institute of Technology

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Amityville Public Library

City: Jericho

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: John B. Gambling residence

City: Lattingtown

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Steinberg Learning Center-Woodmere Academy

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Neitlich residence

City: Oyster Bay Cove

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Hempstead Bank

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Glen Cove Boys' Club at Lincoln House

City: Glen Cove

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: North Shore Unitarian School

City: Plandome

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Kinloch Farm

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: C.W. Post College, Long Island University

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine at New York Institute of Technology

City: Old Westbury

State: New York

Country: United States


Education


Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Degree: Bachelor of Architecture

End Date: January 01, 1951

Notes: one of four female graduates of the architecture school that year, studied with Aalto, Ralph Rapson, Pietro Belluschi and Laurence Anderson.


Institution: Scuola d'Architettura, Venice, Italy

Degree: Fulbright scholar


Licensing


License: Registered professional architect

Organization: Conneticut., New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Vermont


License: Registered professional planner

Organization: New Jersey


License: Registered professional planner

Organization: New Jersey


Professional Affiliations


Organization: Tesstoria realty Corporation, New York, New York

Role: President


Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association


Organization: Locust Valley Library Advances Board

Role: Chair


Organization: American Arbitration Association

Role: member, commercial panel


Organization: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards


Organization: National Advance-Selection Committee for Fulbright-Hays Awards

Role: member


Organization: Advanced Panel of Government Building Projects GSA

Role: Chair


Organization: AIA

Role: Fellow, corporate member, chairman design com., director of Long Island chapter

Start Date: January 01, 1957

Notes: First became a member in 1957, awarded Fellow (FAIA) with Frederick in 1976.


Organization: Locust Valley Business District Planning Commision

Role: Founding Member


Organization: New York State Association of Architects

Role: member, chair design committee

Start Date: January 01, 1976


Organization: APD panel New York State Council for Arts

Role: Member

Start Date: January 01, 1985

End Date: January 01, 1987


Organization: Correlated Designs, Inc., Locust Valley, New York

Role: Vice President/Secretary Treasurer


Organization: Long Island Society of AIA

Role: Board of Directors


Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Long Island


Publications By


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Publications About


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