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Associates in Cambridge, MA. He was principal in the firm, which lasted from 1967 to 1971. In 1972 he acted as Fulbright Consultant to Municipality of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, and from 1974 to 1975 he was Consultant to the Government of Afghanistan and
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Associates Architects and Engineers, Chicago, IL. In 1955 he returned to the east coast, where he was given the position of Job Captain for Carleton B Richmond, Jr. Architect, in Cambridge, MA (1955 to 1956). 1956-1960 he was Job Captain and Associate at Compton and Pierce Architects, Cambridge,
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Szabo retired in 1996. His post-retirement years were chiefly occupied with the making of art, particularly the creation of sculpture from found objects such as typewriters, tool handles, barrel staves, and shoe forms. In summer 2001 the
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