Heavy.com (New York, April 3) – Today would have been the 88th birthday of structural engineer and Illinois alumnus Fazlur Rahman Khan, best known for designing Chicago’s Sears Tower, now known as the Willis Tower. Khan is the subject for today's Google Doodle.
Related story: Chicago Business Journal (April 3) – To Chicagoans, Monday’s Google search page probably looked familiar. The page featured structural engineer and architect Fazlur Rahman Khan, a Bangladeshi-American man and Illinois alumnus who designed Chicago’s Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and the John Hancock Center.