A pictorial tribute to the life of George Szabo, 1928 - 2009. George was born in Budapest 24th December, 1928. His father was a Patent Judge (Magyar Kir. Szabadalmi Biro). George attended the Erboczy (Petőfi) Gimnázium and afterwards the Chemical Engineering faculty in the Technical University of Budapest. He worked for Kőbányai Gyógyszergyár (now Richter again). He worked in R&D with alkaloids till 1956. He married Gabonyi Zsuzsa (Susannah) on July 1st 1956. They escaped from Hungary on 22nd November 1956, crossing on foot during the night to Austria after the crushing of the uprising in Hungary (October 23rd 1956). The British Consulate was the first and only port of call after their escape and arrival in Vienna, consequently they arrived in England on October 12th 1956. They were housed in refugee camps until 15th January 1957 when Susannah got a job at the National Central library in London to where they moved. George then obtained his first position at Whiffen & Son in Putney as an analytical chemist six weeks later. When Whiffen was taken over by Fisons plc and the firm relocated to the North, George applied to the pharmaceutical company: Burroughs Wellcome & Co. He worked in the Dartford factory partly as a Production Manager and partly in Research & Development until 1963 when he moved to the Euston office in London to the Patent Department. In 1980 George was appointed by the British Patent office to represent the United Kingdom at the European Patents Office in <b>...</b>