Communications, Languages and Culture, Inc.: A National Historic Landmark: Marquette Building for Chicago's Early Hi...

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A National Historic Landmark: Marquette Building for Chicago's Early Hi...

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Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc. said...: Before 1894, Realtor Owen Aldis had completed a professional translation from French into English of Jesuit Priest Jacques Marquette's travel journals along the Chicago River with Scout Louis Joliet from Québec, Canada, accompanied by Native American Indian Chief Chicagou and the Council of Chiefstains for the Michiganea tribes who lived by Lake Michigan in the area we know today as Illinois in the U.S.A. Real Estate developer Owen Aldis' historic efforts documenting the journey of Marquette and Joliet, inspired the Marquette's building christening and the famous fine art mosaics by Louis Comfort Tiffany illustrating historic moments in the exploration of the Chicagoland area in Illinois by Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet with the Michiganea Chief Chicagou.

Marquette was a Catholic Jesuit missionary who explored the Chicago River and the Illinois region with Louis Joliet between 1674-1675. As a building owner and investor in the Marquette Building, Owen Aldis devoted personal and professional attention and business resources dedicated to the authenticiy of the artistic design and historic legacy of the Marquette Building at the corner of Dearborn and Adams Streets, Downtown Chicago.

The Marquette Building is a 16-floor architectural masterpiece designed by master architects Holabird & Roche, funded by Shepherd and Peter Brooks, and built by the George A. Fuller Company contractors in 1894. Real estate developer Owen Aldis managed all aspects of the planning and construction of the Marquette Building. Completed in 1895, the Marquette Building is a real chef d'oeuvre that honors Chicago's history and reminds everyone of the Windy City's fine arts in architectural design and construction which gave a name to the "Chicago School of Architecture".

The rotunda mosaic was designed by J.A. Holzer of the Tiffany Company. These fine arts glass and gold mosaics are detailed artworks conveying the story of Marquette and Joliet's pioneer journey and travels along the Chicago River in Illinois. Authentic gold medallions, trophies, and Native American Indian Chieftstain's apparel represent original historic period costumes, coats of arms, weapons, and timeless icons of Chicago history in Illinois.

Nowadays the Marquette Building is owned by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's global headquarters.; March 4, 2012 at 6:49 PM

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Gardenia C. Hung has been writing prose, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction topics for the last forty-two (42) years in English, Spanish, French, and sometimes into Portuguese translation. She has written poetry for Scholastic Magazine in Spanish encouraged by her lyrical expression and descriptive style. Ms. Hung completed Elementary and Middle School in Santiago de Cuba with a diploma and certification in Spanish. Then, Gardenia C. Hung continued studies in the United States of America for Middle School, grades 6th with Miss Honeywood, 7th, and 8th at Avondale Elementary School where she graduated with High Honors in Mr. Herbert Hebel's 8th grade homeroom, in Chicago, Illinois. For Middle School English. Ms. Hung wrote original stories which received praise for writing style and authentic narrative topics, encouraged to continue studying English by Miss Kardos, her ESL teacher at Avondale Grammar School and other mentors, family, and friends. Later at Madonna High School received, Ms. Hung received a High School Diploma with High Honors for graduation in the top ten percent of the Class of 1977 with majors in English, French, Art, History, and the Humanities in Chicago, Illinois. Gardenia C. Hung was admitted at Northeastern Illinois University with Advanced Placement in English, French, and Spanish where she majored in Education, English, French, Spanish, Linguistics and minors in Music, Dance, and Physical Education to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree for the Class of 1982. At NEIU, she received a summer scholarship from Laval University in Ville de Québec, Canada to major in French Linguistics, Syntax, and Phonetics. The following year, in 1983, Ms. Hung continued graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago for a Master of Arts in Communications & Theatre, which included majors in Rhetoric, Ethnography, and Theatre. Gardenia C. Hung has written publications for professional associations and community groups. In addition, Ms. Hung writes for online media CNN iReport, Triblocal, Blogger, Facebook, WordPress, Typepad, and other social media groups on the world wide web.

Faculty Service for the Community Colleges of Illinois

Foreign language skills in English, French, and Spanish hired me to work as a Foreign Language Teacher at the Community High School District 218 during 1988-1989, teaching French and Spanish at the Alan B. Shepard High School with an annual salary of $23,778.

Bilingual aptitude in English and Spanish opened the door for me to work as Faculty at St. Augustine University in Chicago where I was teaching English as a Second Language, College Prep and Developmental Skills, U.S. Citzenship for the Amnesty Program, Research Writing and other language development courses which included preparation for High School General Education Development.

Afterwards, I also worked as Faculty for Oakton Community College in the Continuing Education Program, Alliance for Lifelong Learning in Skokie, Illinois. I was teaching English as a Second Language from August 1992 until March 1993.

From September 18, 1997 through October 8, 2001, I was employed as Faculty at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn and Lombard, teaching English Writing Development, English 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105, on campus, as well as commuting to teach Spanish for Healthcare Professionals at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, National Chiropractic College in Lombard, also known as National University for Health Sciences, and at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois.

In addition, I taught French and Spanish for Berlitz Schools of Languages in Chicago, Hinsdale, Oak Brook Brook Forest and York Middle School, and Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.A. Foreign language teaching experience at Inlingua Schools of Languages also included commuting to teach on-site visiting corporate clients, and other travelling students at home. Arroyave Academy of Languages in Highland Park and Arlington Heights also provided teaching work for corporate clients which included translation for the General Learning Corporation in Northbrook, Caremark, Abbot Laboratories, Baxter International and other global companies promoting languages around the world.

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