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Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction. Orhan Gurbuz was born in Turkey in 1939. He came to the U.S. in 1963 to study civil engineering at Iowa State University in Ames. He and his Turkish-born wife Meral’s son and daughter were born in Ames. The family returned to Turkey for two years and then came back to Ames so Orhan could get his Ph.D. in structural engineering. In 1974, Orhan was offered a job with Bechtel Corp.and moved his family to Southern California. Family portrait taken at Orhan Gurbuz's son, Robert's wedding on July 2, 1994 in Puerto Rico. Pictured, from left, are his wife, Meral, groom Robert, bride and daughter-in-law, Carmen, and Orhan.
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