Résumé

Civilian Architect with U.S. Army and Navy Panama Canal Department, Canal Zone, 1941-1945.

Designer, Edward Durrell Stone, New York, NY, 1946.

Staff Architect, Skidmore Owings, and Merrill, New York, NY, (worked on the United Nations Planning Commission on the U.N. Headquarters in New York, NY), 1947.

Architectural Associate, Thomas Dolliver Church, Landscape Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1948-1949; 1949-1960.

Partner, Rockrise and [William Joseph] Watson, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1960-1968.

Principal, George Rockrise, Architect, later ROMA Design, San Francisco, CA, 1969-2000.

Teaching

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1949-1953.

Visiting Professor, National University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, 1954; in Venezuela, he taught California architectural design, water color, pencil rendering, and was a consultant on teaching methods and curricula;

Professional Activities

Registered architect in CA, NY, OR in 1956.

NCARB certified landscape architect in CA in 1956.

Member, San Francisco Art Commission, [later Planning and Arts Commission], 1953- .

Member, American Institute of Architects, Northern California Chapter, Chair, Activities Committee, 1952.

Member, American Institute of Architects, Northern California Chapter, Chapter Bulletin Editorial Board, 1955.

Advisor to Secretary Robert C. Weaver, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1966- .

Archives

Rockrise's papers have been archived at the Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA.

College

B.Arch., Syracuse University School of Architecture, Syracuse, NY, 1938.

M.S.Arch., Columbia University, New York, NY, 1941.

Graduate Fellow in Architecture, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1940-1941.

College Awards

Recipient, Columbia University, Department of Architecture, Illumination Prize, New York, NY, 1941. (See Columbia University, Annual Report of the President to the Trustees, with Accompanying Documents for the Year Ending June 30, 1941, [New York: Columbia University, 1941], p. 11.)

Relocation

George Thomas Rockrise was born in NY on 11/25/1916.

Spouse

Rockrise married in 1948.

Children

When surveyed in 1955, Rockrise reported having had two children.

Biographical Notes

SSN: 107-12-5113.