SAN DIEGO
A 57-year-old bicyclist killed Tuesday when she was struck by a car in Balboa Park was identified Wednesday as a prominent architect and planner who oversaw the planning and design of several San Diego State University facilities.
Laura Shinn worked as SDSU’s director of facilities planning and was serving as the 2021 president of the board of directors of the American Institute of Architects’ San Diego chapter. She also was a founding member of the Women in Architecture group in San Diego.
In a statement, SDSU described Shinn as “an incredibly talented architect who helped oversee much of our university’s development and growth.”