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Although then little more than fresh out of school and a junior partner recently married to Deborah Lampe (the couple would have one son, Evan), Jahn was highly influential in the 1971 design of the so-called second McCormick Place, the huge convention center next to Lake Michigan famously championed by the late publisher of this newspaper: A boring white stone building was replaced by an epic structure of black steel and glass. By 1980, when his 800,000-square-foot Xerox Center, now called 55 West Monroe, opened at the corner of Monroe and Dearborn streets, Jahn had designed his first official Chicago skyscraper.

To determine the amount of soil, compost, mulch or plants needed for your garden, first calculate the square feet of the bed you are working with. Use the following calculation to determine the square feet of a bed that is 10 feet, 6 inches long and 4 feet wide. All units of measure need to be the same, so convert any measurements that are in inches to feet by dividing by 12 (inches in a foot). Multiply 10.5 feet in bed length by 4 feet in bed width, which equals 42 square feet of bed space.

Shari O’Loughlin, CEO of The Compassionate Friends, experienced the loss of her own beloved son, Connor. She told me, “Many parents who have experienced the death of their only child (or all their children) appreciate the acknowledgment of their parenthood on these special days. Their love and feelings of being a parent don’t just disappear after their loss.