holder of the chair. Khan was mentioned by President Obama in 2009 in his speech in Cairo, Egypt when he cited the achievements of America's Muslim citizens. Khan was the subject of the Google Doodle on 3 April 2017, marking what would have been his 88th birthday. Documentary film In 2021, director Laila Kazmi began production on a feature-length documentary film to be called Reaching New Heights: Fazlur Rahman Khan and the Skyscraper on the life and legacy of Khan. The film is produced by Kazmi's production company Kazbar Media, with development support from ITVS, which provides co-production support to independent documentaries on PBS. The film is helmed by director and producer Laila Kazmi, with associate producer Arnila Guha, and New York-based art director Begoña Lopez. It is fiscally sponsored by Film Independent. Charity In 1971 the Bangladesh Liberation War broke out. Khan was heavily involved with creating public opinion and garnering emergency funding for Bengali people during the war. He created the Chicago-based Bangladesh Emergency Welfare Appeal organization. Death Khan died of a heart attack on 27 March 1982 while on a trip in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at the age of 52. He was a general partner in SOM. His body was returned to the United States and was buried in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. See also Chicago school Engineering Legends, a 2005 book List of Bangladeshi architects Notes and references Notes References Ali, Mir M. (2001). Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan. Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York, NY, External links Fazlur Rahman Khan Collection in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) Fazlur Rahman Khan Documentary Project Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal Letter from Bill Clinton Exhibition at Princeton University 1929 births 1982 deaths 20th-century American architects American Muslims American people of Bangladeshi descent Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni 20th-century Bengalis Burials at Graceland Cemetery (Chicago) Bangladeshi civil engineers Pakistani emigrants to the United States Recipients of the Independence Day Award Structural engineers University of Dhaka alumni Grainger College of Engineering alumni 20th-century engineers Skidmore, Owings & Merrill people Bangladeshi people of Turkic descent People from Madaripur District Fulbright alumni