Wallace Harrison

Wallace Harrison
Born	Wallace Kirkman Harrison September 28, 1895 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	December 2, 1981(1981-12-02) (aged 86) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	École des Beaux-Arts
Occupation	Architect
Awards	AIA Gold Medal (1967)
Practice	Harrison & Abramowitz
Buildings	United Nations headquarters Exxon Building
Projects	Rockefeller Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Design	Trylon and Perisphere

Wallace Kirkman Harrison (September 28, 1895 – December 2, 1981) was an American architect. Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center. He is best known for executing large public projects in New York City and upstate, many of them a result of his long and fruitful personal relationship with Nelson Rockefeller, for whom he served as an adviser.^[1]