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Fazlur Khan: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Fazlur R. Khan’s life and work are discussed in depth in Mir M. Ali, Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan (2001); and Yasmin Sabina Khan, Engineering Architecture: The Vision of Fazlur R. Khan (2004). A brief profile of Khan is included in Richard G. Weingardt, Engineering Legends: Great American Civil Engineers (2005).

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Type Description Contributor Date
Corrected display issue. Aug 09, 2024
Corrected display issue. Aug 05, 2024
Added headshot, modernized article, and fixed error about Khan's undergraduate college. Jul 11, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 30, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 23, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 19, 2024
Revised the location of the highway department for which he worked in his early career. Mentioned that he died of a heart attack in Saudi Arabia. Apr 09, 2020
New bibliography added. Apr 22, 2014
Added the title Engineering Legends, by Richard G. Weingardt, to the bibliography. Apr 22, 2014
Add new Web site: Lehigh University - Biography of Fazlur R. Khan. Apr 10, 2014
Updated for name change from Sears Tower to Willis Tower. Jul 17, 2009
Media added. Jul 13, 2007
Article revised. Mar 10, 2005
Article revised. Mar 06, 2003
Article revised. Feb 16, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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