George Thomas Rockrise

Background

Rockrise, George Thomas was born on November 25, 1916 in New York City. Son of Thomas S. and Agnes M. (Asbury) Rockrise.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Syracuse University, 1938; Master of Science in Architecture, Columbia University, 1941.

Career

Fellow architecture, Columbia University, 1940-1941; architect, Army and Navy, Panama, 1941-1945; designer, Edward D. Stone, New York City, 1945-1946; designer, United Nations Headquarters Planning Commission, 1946-1947; architectural associate, Thomas D. Church, San Francisco, 1948-1949; private practice architecture, San Francisco, 1949-1986; private practice architecture, Glen Ellen, California, 1986-1987. Chairman of the Board Rockrise, Odermatt, Mountjoy Associations (architects and planners). Lecturer School Architecture, University of California, 1949-1953.

Adviser to facultycom. School Architecture, U. Venezuela, Caracas, 1954. Member San Francisco Art Commission, 1952-1956.

Consultant architect unites states department State, Japan, 1957-1958, Federal Republic Germany, Venezuela, Brazil, 1978-1980, Bahrain, Brazil, Venezuela, Federal Republic of Germany, 1981. Architect United States embassy, Bahrain. Visiting lecturer Cornell Univercity, Clemson College, 1961, Syracuse University, U. Utah, Stanford University, 1962-1965, National U. Mexico.

Lecturer urban design Spanish Ministry Housing and Development, Madrid, 1978. Member San Francisco Planning Commission, 1961-1962. Adviser to Secretary for design Housing and Urban Development, 1966-1967.

Participant State Department Agency for International Development Urban Seminars Latin American, 1971. Member United States delegate Pan American Congress Architects, Caracas, 1980. Visiting professor Universidad Central, Mexico, 1985.

Achievements

• George Thomas Rockrise has been listed as a notable Architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member president's advisory committee University Massachusetts, 1971. Member advisory council San Francisco Planning Urban Renewal Association. Board directors Telegraph Hill Dwellers Association, 1985-1986, vice president.

President Architectural Foundation Northern California, 1986. Appointed San Francisco Art Commission, 1986-1987. Fellow American Institute of Architects (president Northern California chapter 1961, national vice president 1969-1972, member national honor awards jury, member national commission urban design and planning 1978).

Member American Society Planning and Housing Officials, American Institute Certified Planners, American Society Landscape Architects, National Association Housing and Redevelopment Officials, Glen Ellen (California) History Society (housing coordinator, director committee migrant housing workers), Delta Kappa Epsilon, Tau Sigma Delta, Lambda Alpha.

Connections

Married Margaret Lund Paulson, June 12, 1948 (deceased August 1957). Children: Christina, Peter. Married Sally S. Griffin, December 1959 (divorced).

1 child, Celia; married Anneliese Warner, November 27, 1985.

Father:

Thomas S. Rockrise

Mother:

Agnes M. (Asbury) Rockrise

Spouse:

Anneliese Warner

Spouse:

Sally S. Griffin

Spouse:

Margaret Lund Paulson

child:

Celia Rockrise

child:

Christina Rockrise

child:

Peter Rockrise