11 Facts About Judith Munk

Judith Munk was an American artist and designer associated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Judith Munk was inducted into the San Diego Women's Hall of Fame posthumously, in 2008.

Judith Munk's parents were Winter Davis Horton and Edith Kendall Horton.

Judith Munk had just begun graduate studies at Harvard University School of Design when she became ill with poliomyelitis, and left to recover at the home of her maternal grandmother in San Diego.

Judith Munk studied with sculptor Donal Hord instead of returning to Harvard.

Judith Munk used a wheelchair for much of her adult life.

Judith Munk Horton worked as an illustrator and model builder at the Scripps Aquarium as a young woman.

Judith Munk worked on several buildings on the campus of Scripps, including The Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Seaside Forum, and the Scripps Crossing, a cable footbridge linking two parts of campus.

Judith Munk co-founded the International Center to host guests at the University of California at San Diego.

Judith Munk won a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to design an amphitheater for the town, but the project failed.

Judith Munk was an honorary member of the San Diego chapter of the American Institute of Architects.