Staying Busy After (Final) Retirement

For one architect, being dead didn’t put an end to designing buildings.

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May 6, 2005, 5:00 AM PDT

While 104 is a ripe old age for anyone still to be working, it turns out architect Emil Larson wasnt really just trying to supplement his Social Security income when drawings for a new building came out in 2001 with his name on them. In fact, he had passed away in 1993. And the 28 projects he had produced in the intervening years? It appears that a former employee had allegedly appropriated his former boss' professional name, architectural license, and stamp.

Thanks to Deborah Myerson

FULL STORY: The case of the busy, deceased architect

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 in The Chicago Tribune

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