Alberta Jeannette Cassell (November 22, 1926 – October 24, 2007), was an African American architect who worked for the United States Navy, and a children's book author.

[2] Her father was determined that all of his children would become architects like himself, and that they would also attend his alma mater, Cornell University.

In 1948, she became one of the first two African American women to graduate from their school of architecture (the other was her sister Martha Cassell Thompson).

[4] In 1947, she was part of an award-winning Cornell architecture team, in a national competition sponsored by the American Institute of Architects.

[5] For two years, Cassell worked in her father's architecture firm, but left when he became involved in real estate development.