from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Historic Preservation at Columbia University in 1974.
She was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1978-1979 and Executive Director of the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation from 1980 to 1984.
[3] Appointed president of the American Academy in 1988, Chatfield-Taylor oversaw the rehabilitation of its historic buildings and grounds and led a highly successful fundraising campaign to secure the institution's solvency.
[6] In 2018, the Saint Nicholas Society awarded her the Medal of Merit recognizing her outstanding ability and service to the City of New York.
[citation needed] Adele Chatfield-Taylor is married to the playwright John Guare.