American architect of Italian birth. Belluschi earned a degree in civil engineering from the University of Rome (1922) before attending Cornell University. He moved to Portland, OR. and joined the firm of A. E. Doyle Associates as a draftsman in 1925. He became the chief designer in 1928, following Doyle's death, remaining at the firm until 1942. His first major commission was an extension to the Portland Art Museum. Belluschi started his own firm in 1942, creating a number of modern buildings for Portland, among other cities. His practice was eventually acquired by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. From 1951 until 1965 he served as Dean of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and invited Breuer to join the faculty in 1954, an offer Breuer declined. Belluschi continued to work as a design consultant and received the American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal in 1972. Among his most famous buildings are the Pan Am Building (with Walter Gropius and Emery Roth), the Julliard School (with Catalano, Westman and Associated Architects) and St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco (with Pier Luigi Nervi).