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Sears Tower designer singled out
June 5, 2009
In his address to the Muslim world Thursday, President Obama said "American Muslims have enriched the United States."
One of the accomplishments he listed was that an American Muslim "built our tallest building."
During his address to the Muslim world, President Obama listed Fazlur Rahman Khan (inset), who designed the Sears Tower, as one of the the accomplishments by "American Muslims that have enriched the United States." (Brian Jackson/Sun-Times)
He was referring to Fazlur Rahman Khan, the visionary -- and legendary -- structural engineer who designed the 110-story Sears Tower, which featured Kahn's innovative "bundled tube" design.
Born in Dhaka, Bengal, in 1929, Khan graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined the firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in 1955, made partner there in 1966 and became a U.S. citizen a year later.
In addition to his work with architect Bruce Graham on the Sears Tower, Chicago can also thank Khan, who died in 1982, for his design of the 100-story John Hancock Center.
In 1998, Chicago honored Kahn with an honorary street name. Bangladesh put him on a stamp.