He drew up some home additions here and some gym renovations there. He worked for a firm in Salisbury before striking out on his own. (Kate pronounces her last name “kluhts,” if you’re wondering.)Īfter finishing his architecture training under Buckminster Fuller, George Matsumoto, and Eduardo Catalano at North Carolina State, James found himself in an overcrowded, difficult field. They, according to Kate, rushed into marriage in 1959 and moved to Rowan County, to an “area that’s crawling with Kluttzes,” she says. Her mom, Jean, was from California and went to college in Oakland, where her mother said Jean "only learned how to smoke cigarettes and play cards." Jean and James met in the 1950s, when James was serving in the military in West Germany. Her dad was originally from Cabarrus County, where his parents ran a lumber and construction company. “I don’t miss the giant cockroaches and humidity,” she says. She’s been in England for 12 years now, which is long enough for her to drop the occasional “mum” instead of “mom.” Her daughter, however, has a full-blown Yorkshire accent, which is quite a change from the accents that Kate grew up with in Rowan County. Kate now lives in London, and works in the library at Leeds Beckett University.
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