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	Wallace Harrison - Biocrawler
		Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison and MacMurray participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center, and Harrison 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.
		Architecturally, Harrison's major projects are marked by straightforward planning and sensible functionalism, although his residential side-projects show more experimental and humane flair.
		In 1931 Harrison established an 11 acre (45,000 m²) summer retreat in West Hills, New York, which was a very early example and workshop for the International Style in the United States, and a social and intellectual center of architecture, art, and politics.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Wallace_Harrison (288 words)

	Volume 25 of the STATESMAN begins a series of articles reflecting on the leadership qualities of “Indiana’s First ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Harrison was frequently commissioned by the city attorney to prosecute cases.
		Harrison won the respect of Wallace during a burglary case and, one year later, began a partnership with his son William Wallace, specializing in collections cases.
		Harrison’s career was boosted forward by his prosecution of the Nancy Clem case and his defense of the U.S. Government in the Milligan Case.
	www.presidentbenjaminharrison.org /Harrison/1stlaw.htm (492 words)

	Wallace K. Harrison - Great Buildings Online
		Wallace K. Harrison was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1895.
		Harrison most clearly made his mark on the architectural field in his design and construction of tall urban office buildings.
		Harrison died in New York City in 1981.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Wallace_K._Harrison.html (264 words)

	Harrison, Wallace Kirkman. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Harrison designed the Trylon and Perisphere, the structures that came to symbolize the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
		In 1945 he entered into partnership with Max Abramowitz (1908–2004), who was later famed for his design of Philharmonic Hall (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall) at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Columbia Univ. law school (both: 1962).
		Harrison was responsible for numerous large buildings, such as those for Alcoa in Pittsburgh (1952) and the Time-Life (1960) and Exxon (1973) buildings, both in New York City.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ha/HarrisonWK.html (184 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Harrison
		William H. Harrison led a U.S. force in pursuit of the Shawnee to destroy an intertribal alliance promoted by Tecumseh and his brother, The Prophet.
		Governor William Henry HARRISON of the Indiana Territory engineered a conflict with the British-supported Native American confederacy of the Shawnee...
		It had to be Lou: at 84, Lou Harrison remains one of the great American composers.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Harrison&StartAt=31 (931 words)

	BioChem Faculty: K. B Wallace
		Trost, L.C. and Wallace, K.B. Adriamycin-Induced Oxidation of Myoglobin.
		Solem, L.E. and Wallace, K.B. Calcium-Dependent Inhibition of Mitochondrial Respiration by Doxorubicin.
		Palmeira, C.P. and Wallace, K.B. The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Caused by Menadione is Inhibited by Benzoquinone.
	www.d.umn.edu /~amanteuf/WebDemo/UMD_Biochem/wallace.shtml (857 words)

	Media Release
		His painting "Mt Arthur,1995" is on loan to AUT from the Wallace Arts Trust, which holds the largest collection of his work.
		Prominent New Zealand art patron James Wallace, who attended the launch, says it is totally appropriate that an innovative business school is the home of visual art.
		Wallace Arts Trust curator Julian Harrison says business creativity and artistic creativity are aligned and the loan to the AUT Business School is a perfect fit.
	www.aut.ac.nz /corp/newsrelease/?402 (778 words)

	New York 1939-1940
		Wallace K. Harrison, a prominent New York architect of the Harrison Fouilhoux firm, was selected to design the theme center in November 1936.
		Harrison and his design team finally came up with the idea of using a tall spike to frame the sphere, but there was still the problem of placing the two in relation with each other.
		Harrison had envisioned a concrete shell for the Trylon and Perisphere, but this also was too expensive, since America was just coming out of the Depression.
	www.lib.umd.edu /ARCH/honr219f/1939nyci.htm (932 words)

	Wallace K. Harrison - Archiplanet
		Wallace K. Harrison was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1895.
		During his lifetime, Harrison, mostly in partnership with Max Abramovitz, designed a wide spectrum of building types including apartments, houses, museums, college buildings and research buildings.
		Harrison most clearly made his mark on the architectural field in his design and construction of tall urban office buildings.
	www.archiplanet.org /wiki/Wallace_K._Harrison (0 words)

	Glamorgan denied at the death - Telegraph
		Undaunted by a precarious start to their run chase on Saturday and the collapse that followed the breach of the overnight stand between Jimmy Maher and Mark Wallace, Glamorgan came thrillingly close to snatching an unlikely win through the gallantry of their acting captain, Robert Croft, and last man, David Harrison.
		Croft remained unbeaten on 51 and the pair put on 56 in 11 overs before Harrison, who had played some pedigree shots in hitting six fours in his 27, sliced a drive at Kabir Ali to be caught at backward point.
		The stand between Maher and Wallace, left-handers both, which eventually put on 91, was worth 55 when Glamorgan resumed at 174 for four.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2003/08/04/scworc04.xml (373 words)

	Max Abramovitz Summary
		Abramovitz, together with his partner, Wallace K. Harrison, were remembered for his innovative contributions in the design of many of New York City's finest buildings.
		The Harrison and Abramovitz architectural firm was already renowned for its neoclassical designs and for its ability to manage expansive buildings and large projects.
		He was a partner of Wallace Harrison from 1941-1976.
	www.bookrags.com /Max_Abramovitz (1733 words)

	Wallace Harrison ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Harrison Fisher, There Is a Garden in Her Face, on page [51] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909), 1909
		Harrison Fisher, I Care Not Though Her Teeth Are Pearls, on page [43] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909), 1909
		Harrison Fisher, Her Eyes Were Made to Worship, on page [87] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909), 1909
	wwar.com /masters/h/harrison-wallace.html (2052 words)

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		Wallace Harrison studied architecture first at Columbia University with Harvey Corbett for a year and then spent a couple of years in Europe on a traveling scholarship.
		Joining with André Fouilhoux and Max Abramovitz, Harrison was senior partner in Harrison, Fouilhoux, and Abramovitz (later Harrison and Abramovitz) from 1941 until 1976.
		The Trylon was a triangular tower measuring 610 feet high and the Perisphere was a globe measuring 180 feet in diameter.
	www.aia.org /print_template.cfm?pagename=awards_wallaceharrison (332 words)

	Wallace K. Harrison
		Wallace K. Harrison was born in Worcester, MA, on September 28, 1895.
		Harrison and Abramovitz were later responsible for the more mundane towers (1959–1974) on the Sixth Avenue side of the complex.
		Wallace Kirkman Harrison died in New York City on Dec 2, 1981.
	www.emporis.com /en/cd/cm/?id=100277 (294 words)

	ArchNewsNow
		For the 1964-65 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, Wallace K. Harrison created a science pavilion in the form of a soaring, 80-foot-high room, bathed in light filtered through panels of cobalt blue glass.
		The structure and the membrane are one and the same, which Harrison reportedly thought was important for a building that, in plan, appears to represent a cell.
		Adding to the drama: Harrison didn't interrupt the wall for an entrance; instead, he unfurled the membrane just enough to allow visitors (who congregated on a large, hexagonal plaza) to slip into the building.
	www.archnewsnow.com /features/Feature154.htm (0 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Wallace
		Wallace Nutting and the intention of old America.
		George C. Wallace and the founding of Alabama's public two-year colleges.
		Wallace begins his final lap around Nextel Cup circuit on Sunday.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Wallace&StartAt=71 (1009 words)

	About GC Wallace (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wallace, Inc. (a Nevada corporation) has a current staff in Las Vegas of over 350 and provides a complete range of services related civil engineering (land planning, water, wastewater, hydraulics, drainage, flood control, transportation and traffic engineering), structural engineering, electrical engineering, land surveying, and construction administration.
		Wallace Inc.'s Henderson office in Nevada is located at 2580 Anthem Village Drive and offers a complete range of Civil Engineering, Planning, and Land Surveying services.
		Wallace of California, Inc., is located at 2150 River Plaza Drive in Sacramento and offers a complete range of Land Planning, Civil Engineering, Field Surveying and Mapping services.
	www.gcwallace.com /about.html (739 words)

	National Academy of Sciences: The NAS Building: The Wings (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These additions were carried out by the firm of Harrison and Abramowitz, whose senior member, Wallace K. Harrison (1895-1981), had been a young draftsman in Goodhue's office at the time the main building was designed.
		The Academy chose the 50th anniversary celebration of the building, in 1974, to honor Harrison by presenting him with an illuminated scroll.
		Harrison is considered one of the most influential figures in architecture of his generation, and designed buildings in many cities.
	www.nasonline.org /site/PageServer?pagename=ABOUT_building_wings (447 words)

	Fred A. Bernstein: A Cathedral to Science
		For the 1964-65 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, Wallace K. Harrison created a science pavilion in the form of a soaring, 80-foot-high room, bathed in light filtered through panels of cobalt blue glass.
		The structure and the membrane are one and the same, which Harrison reportedly thought was important for a building that, in plan, appears to represent a cell.
		Adding to the drama: Harrison didn't interrupt the wall for an entrance; instead, he unfurled the membrane just enough to allow visitors (who congregated on a large, hexagonal plaza) to slip into the building.
	www.fredbernstein.com /articles/display.asp?id=79 (725 words)

	Master Index of Articles
		Beard, Dorathea K. “A Modern Ut Pictura Poesis: The Legacy of Fauve Color and the Poetry of Wallace Stevens.” WSJour 8.1 (Spring 1984): 3-17.
		“The Decreations of Wallace Stevens.” WSJour 4.3/4 (1980): 46-57.
		“Wallace Stevens' Manuscripts at the University of Illinois.” WSJour 2.3/4 (1978): 17-20.
	www.wallacestevens.com /contents.php (4822 words)

	Wallace High School :: News :: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wallace High School said “Bienvenue”, “Wilkommen” and “Hola” recently to its three new language assistants who will spend this year at the Clonevin Park School.
		The Wallace High School Class of 1996 recently attended a reunion to mark the decade which has passed since they left the Clonevin Park School.
		Two former pupils of The Wallace High School are preparing to head off to the “dreaming spires” of Oxford later this month.
	www.wallacehigh.org /defaultnews.asp?cat=0&dismode=sarc (577 words)

	PRESSURE ON WALLACE TO DELIVER: Sporting Life - NFL \| NFL News, NFL Scores, NFL Draft, NFL Free Agency, Wade Phillips, ...
		Wallace will start in place of the injured Matt Hasselbeck, who is not the only key member of the Seahawks offence missing.
		Wallace was only able to direct one scoring drive and committed three turnovers - two interceptions and a fumble into his own end zone that resulted in a touchdown for Minnesota.
		A fourth-round pick of the Seahawks in 2003, Wallace was the third-string quarterback for two years before being elevated to backup last season.
	www.sportinglife.com /nfl/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/06/10/26/GRIDIRON_USA-Kansas_City_Preview.html (896 words)

	USAR Southern National Speedway
		Gill was just behind the drivers when he collected Harrison with the left front of his Ford.
		Goodson and Wallace gave the standing room only crowd several laps of side-by-side racing for the lead before Wallace was able to move in front and lead on lap 166.
		I couldn't hold him (Wallace) off there at the end but we are very happy with a top-five.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2002/07/01/143005.html (757 words)

	webGED: Shaw Family History Data Page
		Solomon was discharged on 24 September 1861 in Harrison County, VA. Since Solomon died two weeks later, he was probably discharged because of a wound or illness.
		10 Jun 1995 in Wallace, Harrison County, WV
		17 Jun 1978 in Wallace, Harrison County, WV
	www.heiseonline.com /shaw/wgs8.html (800 words)

	Republic Center History
		Legendary architect Wallace K. Harrison was selected to design the project.
		Harrison incorporated the use of an exterior shell of interlocking aluminum plates to create the now-familiar star motif to create Republic Center's shimmering façade.
		The complex was built in three stages, with Tower I opening on December 1, 1954.
	www.republiccenter.com /culture_history.html (434 words)

	fs23html
		Harrison had served as one of the principal architects.
		The cornerstone was prepared in the usual manner, with a metal box containing a copy of the Charter and the Declaration of Human Rights, a copy of the schedule of meetings, and documents such as the meeting records of the Headquarters Advisory Committee.
		It was designed by the firm of Harrison, Abramovitz and Harris, architectural consultants to the United Nations.
	www.un.org /geninfo/faq/factsheets/FS23.HTM (3743 words)

	Cheops' Architect - TIME
		Few outside his own profession have ever heard of Wallace K. Harrison, one of the pyramid builders of today.
		Last week Wallace Harrison was putting the finishing touches to his latest group of landmarks: the new U.N. buildings, on which, as boss architect.
		Harrison's basic idea for the U.N. was a simple one.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,822508,00.html (514 words)

	Historical Studies - Social Science Library (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Harrison's design consists of a two-story building, only one floor of which is aboveground.
		This main floor (sixty-eight by eighty feet), which sits on an elevated concrete platform, is divided by a ten-foot -wide central corridor into a reading and service area at the north and into stacks at the south.
		The Institute library's most distinctive feature is the roof, where Harrison experimented with combining structure, skylighting, air conditioning, and artificial lighting in a single overhead system that serves the entire building.
	www.admin.ias.edu /library/hs/libbuild.php (383 words)

	Wallace Wattles Biography and Books
		Wallace Delois Wattles wrote a number of books including Health Through New Thought and Fasting, The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Great, The Science of Being Well, and a novel, Hellfire Harrison, but it is for his prosperity classic, The Science of Getting Rich that he is best known.
		He was born in the USA shortly after the civil war, and experienced much failure in his earlier years.
		Elizabeth Towne, in her magazine Nautilus, published the articles of Wallace D. Wattles in almost every issue in the early 1900's and until his untimely death in 1911.
	wallacewattles.wwwhubs.com (1183 words)

	CBS News \| UN to Undergo Major Renovation \| July 23, 2000 22:59:16
		The Rockefeller family provided the site and Wallace K. Harrison headed the team of architects in constructing its imposing glass-encased tower and graceful curved side assembly hall.
		But the complex, which features Leger murals and a Norman Rockwell mosaic, hasn't had a top-to-bottom renovation since Harrison and then-Secretary-General Trygve Lie laid the U.N. cornerstone on Oct. 24, 1949 -- and it shows.
		Connor, who is expected to make the proposls public Tuesday, has asked the U.N. membership to endorse the six-year renovation plan in principle and authorize an initial $8 million for a more detailed schematic design, the diplomats said.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/07/23/null/main217848.shtml (560 words)

	AP Wire \| 12/23/2006 \| General Assembly OKs U.N. renovation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Stressing its "serious concern at the hazards, risks and deficiencies of the current conditions of the building," the assembly late Friday night approved the budget committee's plan to refurbish the building.
		The headquarters, designed by a team of 11 international architects led by American Wallace K. Harrison, has its gems - the glittering green marble of the General Assembly hall, the shining horseshoe table of the Security Council chamber, a stained glass window designed by French artist Marc Chagall.
		But the complex has no sprinkler system, is packed with asbestos and loses about 25 percent of the heat pumped into it in the winter.
	www.kansascity.com /mld/kansascity/news/politics/16308230.htm (407 words)

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