Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - Assembly Hall [PAGE 5]

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ARCHITECTS for the Assembly Hall are Harrison & Abramovitz, New York, one of the nation's most outstanding firms. Previously, the firm has designed the United Nations buildings, Time-Life building, RCA M u s k Hall, and the Philharmonic Hall. The latter is port of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, f o r which Harrison & Abramovitz are the supervising architects. The firm also is doing the new Metropolitan Opera House ot Lincoln Center. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company building at the 1964 New York World's Fair is being done by this firm. It also has designed numerous buildings ot Harvard and Brandeis Universities as well cs a new theater at Dartmouth. Mr. Abramovitz is a graduate of the University of Illinois. GENERAL CONTRACTORS are the Urbane firm of Felmley-Dickerson Company, the builder of many structures on the University campus, i n cluding the new addition to the Illtni Union. The late Mr. Felmley was an (Mini athlete a n d alumnus. Mr. Bay Dicker son is president of the firm. Mr. Richard Foley, vice-president and project chief, is an lllini alumnus a n d former basketball star. Among dozens of other firms participating as subcontractors are the Potter Electric Service, Inc., and the ft. H. Bishop Company, heating and ventilating. CONSULTANTS for the Assembly Hall include some of the greatest names i n modern e n g i neering. Ammann & Whitney, the structural engineers, are famed not only for their general work and structures but particularly for their engineering of suspension bridges — o field with application here because of the post-tension wire on the Assembly Hall. Syska & Hennessy, Inc., the mechanical a n d electrical engineers, ore experts i n their o w n field. Lighting by Feder has advised on the general and theater lighting; the firm is best known for its work with Broadway shows. Among its recent lighting hits hove been " M y Fair Lady" and "Camelot." The acoustical consultants are Bolt, Beranek & N t * m o n , Inc., whose name is synonymous with basic development of acoustical engineering. Among the several other consultants was Dr. Ralph Peck, University of Illinois expert i n subsoil drainage conditions.