[2] She received a Boston Society of Landscape Architects award in 1988 for her restoration plan for Frederick Law Olmsted's Buttonwood Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Childless, Herman spent time with Marylin Duke, as well as John's other stepchildren Connie Springborn and Lucy Ihrcke.
Chair Robert Riley and Natalie Alpert recognized the promise Kluesing offered and brought her on as part of the faculty upon her graduation.
She moved on the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) an assistant professor from 1982 - 1985 where she taught with Laurie Olin, Peter Walker, Carl Steinitz and Michael Van Valkenburgh.
Kluesing was exposed to landscape architecture while working for Barton-Ashman Associates in Evanston, IL from 1973 to 1975 where she contributed primarily as a graphic designer on urban redevelopment planning projects prior to attending the University of Illinois.