Albert Hadley, American interior decorator, born Nashville, Tenn. 1921-present. Design partner of
Sister Parish. Graduate of Peabody College, Nashville, and graduate of and teacher at Parsons School of Design, New York and Paris. Trained with the South's best-known decorator A. Herbert Rodgers. After serving overseas in
WW II he studied and taught at Parsons, and then formed his own studio. He then worked at the distinguished New York design firm of McMillen, Inc. Co-founded Parish-Hadley, Associates (1962-1999). Lauded with numerous international design awards for his creative output, he works in a variety of styles, modern, Victorian, Georgian. Clients include former Vice President
Albert Gore,
Diane Sawyer[?], and the Astor and Getty families.