Background
Belluschi, Pietro was born on August 18, 1899 in Ancona, Italy. Naturalized, 1929. Son of Guido and and Camilla (Dogliani) Belluschi.
Belluschi, Pietro was born on August 18, 1899 in Ancona, Italy. Naturalized, 1929. Son of Guido and and Camilla (Dogliani) Belluschi.
Student, University Rome School Engineering, 1922. Doctor's degree in civil engineering. C.E., Cornell University.
C.E. (Italian scholarship), 1924. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1950. Doctor of Science (honorary), Christian Brothers College, Memphis, 1957.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), University Rhode Island, 1963. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1967. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), University Portland, 1977.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Pacific Northwest College Art, 1983. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Notre Dame University, 1985. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Whitman College, 1986.
D.Arch. (honorary), University Michigan, 1967. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Oklahoma City University, 1968. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), George Fox College, 1992.
Inspector housing development, Rome, 1923. Electrical engineer work Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Company, Kellogg, Idaho, 1924-1925. Draftsman A.E. Doyle (architect), Portland, 1925-1927.
Chief designer A.E. Doyle & Associate (architects), 1927-1942, member firm, 1932-1942. Dean, architecture and planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology School, 1951-1965. Practice architecture under own name Portland, 1943-1990.
Member National Fine Arts Commission, 1950. Adviser State Department on design foreign buildings. American delegate convention Institute Intellectual Cooperative of League of Nations, Madrid, 1934.
Past president board trustees Portland Art Museum N.A. Past trustee Boston Museum Fine Arts. Fellow American Institute of Architects (Gold medal 1972), Danish Royal Academy Fine Arts, American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Institute Arts and Letters (vice president).
Member National Academy of Design.
Married Helen Hemmila, December 1, 1934 (deceased March 1962). Children: Peter, Anthony. Married Marjorie Bruckner, June 25, 1965.