HEADLINE: PAUL BUSCH, MALCOLM PIRNIE CEO AND WASTEWATER EXPERT, DIES AT 61 

PAUL L. BUSCH, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF environmental engineering firm
Malcolm Pirnie Inc., died July 28 in Boston of complications related
to non-Hodgkins lymphoma.  He was 61. Two executives of the firm were
named to replace him.

Busch, an expert in management and treatment of municipal wastewater
and industrial wastes, spent his entire 38-year consulting engineering
career at Malcolm Pirnie. He had been CEO since 1990. He earned
undergraduate and master's degrees from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and a doctorate from Harvard University. Busch was named a
Malcolm Pirnie vice president in 1970 and became president in
1988. The firm has grown to have a global staff of 1,100 and reported
more than $ 166 million in 1998 revenue.

"The profession has lost a great leader," says Daniel Okun, professor
emeritus at the University of North Carolina and a noted wastewater
treatment pioneer. Busch was also past president of the American
Academy of Environmental Engineers and past chairman of the Water
Environment Research Foundation. He was elected to the National
Academy of Engineering in 1996.

Replacing Busch as chairman is Garret P. Westerhoff, a 34-year company
veteran who has been executive vice president since 1980 and is
director of its drinking water programs. He was also named
chairman. William P. Dee becomes president. A Malcolm Pirnie vice
president since 1986, he is currently a company director and manages
the firm's regional operations.

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GRAPHIC: Table, Photograph: BUSCH 

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