Gin D. Wong

[4] Wong then served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II, as a B-29 navigator in the Pacific.

[3] Upon returning to the United States, he attended Millikin University, in Decatur, Illinois, and later completed his B. Arch.

[6] According to the Los Angeles Times, "as a member of the Pereira firm Wong said he had major roles in the design of many West Coast buildings, including Occidental Center, Crocker Bank, Mutual Benefit Life and the new tower of St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco," as well as the Transamerica Pyramid.

[5] In the years before his death, Wong was recognized by the Pacific Standard Time initiative of the Getty Center, as an influential Chinese American architect of Los Angeles.

[8] Wong was known as the designer of numerous buildings and centers in Southern California and the Pacific Rim: LAX Theme Building; the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) Headquarters Building in Downtown Los Angeles; the Columbia Broadcasting System Television City; the Crean Tower and Mary Hood Chapel on the Crystal Cathedral campus; the Jack Colker's 76 Station in Beverly Hills; Hyatt Regency International Airport in Incheon, Korea; and the Pan Pacific Tower in Honolulu, Hawaii.