Zihni Jusuf Buzo was an Albanian Australian civil engineer.
13 Facts About Zihni Buzo
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Zihni Jusuf Buzo was born in the neighbourhood of Murat Celepia in Berat, Albania.
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Zihni Buzo attended the Harry Fultz school in Tirana and achieved good results earning Buzo a scholarship to study at the American Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Zihni Buzo graduated with honours and gained a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation to study at Harvard University in the US.
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Zihni Buzo graduated university with good grades and as a result of social connections made at Harvard, Buzo was employed by an Anglo-American company as a civil engineer in Albania.
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Water supply projects were the area where Zihni Buzo worked on in Greece and Albania, in particular to combat malaria and he had a keen interest in environmental impacts.
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Zihni Buzo worked in Albania until the World War II occupation of the country by Axis forces and company employees including Buzo left the country.
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Zihni Buzo migrated to Australia and worked as a civil engineer, often involved in projects within the New England region of New South Wales.
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Zihni Buzo got a position at New England University in Armidale, NSW.
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In northern NSW, Zihni Buzo joined the Oaky River Hydro Electric Scheme.
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Zihni Buzo helped numerous Albanians from Albania settle in Australia.
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In 1941, Zihni Buzo met Elaine Johnson, an Australian teacher of Irish descent and both married the following year.
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Zihni Buzo was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.