| LC control no. | n 83328728 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jahn, Helmut, 1940-2021 |
| Variant(s) | Jahn, Helmut, 1940- |
| Other standard no. | Q77311 95870733 0000000117767118 500030667 |
| Associated country | Germany United States |
| Located | Saint Charles (Ill.) |
| Birth date | 1940-01-04 |
| Death date | 2021-05-08 |
| Place of birth | Zirndorf (Fürth, Germany) |
| Place of death | Campton Hills (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Architecture |
| Affiliation | Murphy/Jahn (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Architects |
| Found in | Pedersen, W. Southwest Center--the Houston competition, 1983: t.p. (Helmut Jahn) p. 77 (president of the Chicago architectural firm of Murphy/Jahn, Inc.; b. 1940) German architect Helmut Jahn killed in Chicago bike accident, via Daily beast website, May 10, 2021 (Helmut Jahn; killed in an accident Saturday [May 8, 2021] in the Chicago suburb of Campton Hills; German-born architect) <https://www.thedailybeast.com/german-architect-helmut-jahn-who-designed-thompson-center-killed-in-chicago-bike-accident> Renowned architect Helmut Jahn killed in bike crash near St. Charles home, via Chicago sun-times website, May 10, 2021 (Helmut Jahn; German architect; died Saturday afternoon [May 8, 2021] in suburban Campton Hills; lived in St. Charles; born near Nuremberg, Germany, and moved to Chicago in 1966 as a graduate student; enrolled at the Illinois Institute of Technology and studied under the modernist pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe) Wikidata, May 10, 2021 (Helmut Jahn; born 4 January 1940, Zirndorf, Germany; died 8 May 2021, Campton Hills, Illinois) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77311> Union list of artist names, via WWW, May 10, 2021 (Helmut Jahn; Born 4 January 1940. Moved to the United States, 1966. Education: Dip.Ing./Arch. Technische Hochschule, Munich, 1960-1965; Graduate studies, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, under Myron Goldsmith and Fazlur Khan, 1966-1967. Worked with P.C. von Seidlein, Munich, 1965-1966. Joined C.F. Murphy Associates, Chicago, 1967; assistant to Gene R. Summers, 1967-1973; Partner, Director in charge of Planning and Design, and Executive Vice-President, 1973-1981. Principal, from 1981, President, since 1982, and Chief Executive Officer, since 1983, Murphy/Jahn Associates, Chicago. Teacher, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1981; Eliot Noyes Visiting Design Critic, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981; Davenport Visiting Professor of Architectural Design, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1983. American architect) |
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