HEADLINE: Obituary; Paul L. Busch, at 61, engineer, consultant 

Paul L. Busch of Wilton, Conn., president and CEO of Malcolm Pirnie
Inc., which has offices in Boston, died Tuesday in Boston, after
complications of Hodgkin's disease. He was 61.

Dr. Busch earned undergraduate and master's degrees from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate degree from
Harvard, all in engineering.

He spent his entire 38-year career at Malcolm Pirnie. 

He was named vice president of Malcolm Pirnie Inc. in 1970, elected
president in 1988, and CEO in 1990.

A leading authority on the management and treatment of industrial and
toxic wastes, as well as a consultant to governments around the world,
Dr. Busch was personally involved in providing clean drinking water to
San Francisco, Boston, New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, the
Kingdom of Jordan and Egypt.

He was involved in research and design projects in municipal and
industrial wastewater treatment processes, drinking water and toxic
waste technologies. His extensive work helped establish Pirnie in
these fields.

Dr. Busch received many professional honors. He was elected to the
National Academy of Engineering in 1996, served on the National
Research Council's Water Science and Technology Board, and was a
member of the U.S. EPA National Advisory Council for Environmental
Policy and Technology.

He was past president of the American Academy of Environmental
Engineers and chairman of the board of the Water Environment Research
Foundation.

He served as visiting professor, adviser and mentor at more than two
dozen universities, including Harvard University. He was instrumental
in creating the Malcolm Pirnie-United Negro College Fund Scholars
Program, now in its third year.

Dr. Busch is survived by his wife, Iris of Wilton; two sons,
Dr. Jordan Busch of Boston and Jeffrey of New York City; a daughter,
Lisa of Sitka, Alaska; and three grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Temple B'Nai Chaim in
Georgetown, Conn. 

Cremation was private. 

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