To celebrate her inauguration, we asked Pratt Institute's newest president, Frances Bronet, to join our roster of Friday Five candidates.

Courtesy of Pratt Institute \ Photo by Lyndon French
Today, November 2nd, 2018 is the day that Pratt Institute hosts the inauguration of its 12th president, Frances Bronet, who was selected in 2017 to succeed President Thomas F. Schutte. Noted for her role in academia and as a proponent of interdisciplinary learning, Bronet’s appointment marks the iconic design school’s first woman president in its 131-year history. The accomplished educator earned three undergraduate degrees in architecture and engineering from Montreal’s McGill University, as well as an MS in Architectural Design from Columbia University. In 1982 she became licensed by the Ordre des Architectes du Quebec and practiced in both Canadian and New York offices, and launched her academic career in 1985 as a faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s School of Architecture. That led to more positions at the school as the associate dean of architecture, professor of architecture, and acting dean. She has been the president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and a past chancellor for the ACSA College of Distinguished Professors. In recent years, Bronet served as the acting provost and dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts (now the College of Design) at the University of Oregon before serving as ...