[3] After graduation, he worked as an apprentice in the building trades, then as an inspector for an architectural firm.

[4] In 1928, then-mayor John C. Lodge appointed Couzens a member of the Detroit Street Railways Commission.

[3] However, the deeply unpopular Bowles was recalled from office, and Frank Murphy reinstated Couzens.

[3] When Murphy resigned in 1933 to become governor of the Philippines, Couzens became acting mayor.

[3] After stepping down from the mayor's office, Couzens retired from politics[2] and founded the Wabeek Bank of Detroit, whose chairman he remained for the next 12 years.