Hodgkins and Skubic House

Jean Louise Hodgkins (October 29, 1914 – August 7, 1987) and Vera B. Skubic (January 7, 1921 – July 23, 1998) built two houses in Isla Vista, California on Del Playa Drive that were historic evidence of the mid-20th century International Style presented by architect Richard B. Taylor from South Carolina.

"[3] In the 1930s Jean Louise Hodgkins attended University of California, Los Angeles and graduated in 1936 with a Bachelor of Physical Education.

[7][5] In the 1960s they co-wrote articles on health and physical education such as Relative Strenuousness of Selected Sports as Performed by Women, Anticipatory, exercise, and recovery heart rates of girls as affected by four running events and Cardiac Response to Participation in Selected Individual and Dual Sports as Determined by Telemetry.

[9] According to an article published by the Daily Nexus in 2003, "both played major roles in the development of women’s athletics and ability to participate in recreational activities on American campuses during the 1970s.

Notable projects, other than the three seaside residences in Isla Vista, include: Pershing Park, Shoreline Park, landscape design of Santa Barbara City College, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Parma Elementary School, and the Mission Plaza in San Luis Obispo.