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His father, an ethnic Armenian immigrant, was a photoengraver at the New York World-Telegram; his mother was an accountant.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

His father, a photoengraver and inventor whose formal schooling had ended with fourth grade, held patents on several photoengraving devices.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2014

The stench forced his photoengraver father to build him a lean-to lab outside the house.

From Time Magazine Archive