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Milwaukee School of Engineering was founded in 1903 by Oscar Werwath and initially called the School of Engineering. Werwath's goal was to meet the needs of the workforce for the growing engineering field. [5] Werwath was the first person to plan an American educational institution based on an applications-oriented curriculum. [6]
Hermann Viets (28 January 1943 – 1 October 2017) was a German-born American astronautics engineer and president of Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He was MSOE's fourth president, assuming the position in 1991.
Robert R. Spitzer (4 May 1922 – 30 April 2019) was an American agricultural researcher who worked with Murphy Products Co. for 28 years and was the third president of Milwaukee School of Engineering. [1] Spitzer was born on 4 May 1922 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. [2] He died on 30 April 2019 in Burlington, Wisconsin. [3]
[2] [3] Sears Tower was the tallest building in the world upon its completion, and remained the tallest building in the United States until May 10, 2013. [4] The second, third, and fourth-tallest buildings in Chicago are the Trump International Hotel & Tower, St Regis Chicago, and the Aon Center, respectively. Of the ten tallest buildings in ...
The Chicago Plan Commission approved the development on November 19, 2015, in a meeting that also resulted in the approval of the Wanda Vista tower. [4] The building was to be located on a 2-acre (8,094 m 2 ) site, [ 1 ] with financing as a prerequisite to initial groundbreaking. [ 1 ]
71 South Wacker (previously known as the “Hyatt Center”) is an American office tower in Chicago completed in 2005. The 48-story skyscraper stands at 679 feet (207 m) on 71 South Wacker Drive. It is owned by the Irvine Company. The architects were Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. The tower is notable for the lozenge shaped plan and the resulting ...
The Latitude Five25 apartment towers are in contract to an investment firm that plans to raze the troubled complex and replace it. ... the Chicago-based Nuveen manages about $1.2 trillion in assets.
The 52-story building is situated on a plaza overlooking the Chicago River. At 695 feet (212 meters), 330 North Wabash is the second-tallest building by Mies van der Rohe, the tallest being the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower at Toronto-Dominion Centre. It was his last American building. [2]