American Ecology Appoints Paul Bergson to its Board.BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 1996--American Ecology Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ECOL), a Boise-based hazardous and nuclear waste disposal and service company, today announced the appointment of Paul Bergson, 51, to the company's board of directors. Bergson is the founder and president of Bergson & Company, a Washington, D.C.-based government relations consulting firm. He brings to the American Ecology board a long list of professional credentials and accomplishments in the energy research, government relations, environmental and chemical arenas. Bergson's professional background includes: Senior Vice President, RJR Nabisco, Inc. (1979 to 1988). Hired as a Washington, D.C., representative for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bergson rose through the ranks to manage the company's worldwide government relations activities. Manager of Legislative Affairs, Babcock & Wilcox (1977 to 1979), where he coordinated lobbying efforts for the manufacturer of nuclear and fossil-powered steam generating equipment. Special Assistant to the Director of Congressional Relations, Energy Research and Development Administration The US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) was a Government organization formed from the split of the Atomic Energy Commission in 1975. It assumed the functions of the AEC not assumed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (1975 to 1977), where he was responsible for Congressional relations for what later became the Department of Energy. "Paul Bergson provides the American Ecology board a keen insight into and awareness of nuclear and hazardous waste policies and trends," said Jack Lemley, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of American Ecology. "He will be relied upon extensively as the company fulfills its strategic and business objectives." Bergson, who also is a brigadier general in the U.S. Army Reserves, holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame and a master of science degree from Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University, main campus at Carbondale; state supported; coeducational; est. 1869, opened 1874 as a normal school, renamed 1947. It has a center for archaeological investigation and a fisheries research laboratory. There is also a campus at Edwardsville. . He also holds a master's in public administration and a doctorate in public administration from Nova University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. and serves as a member of the board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. for the Georgetown Preparatory School Georgetown Preparatory School is an independent, Jesuit college-preparatory school for young men in grades 9 through 12. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, on 90 acres in the unincorporated community of North Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland, and the board of advisors for the Far East Studies Institute. American Ecology operates chemical waste facilities in Nevada and Texas, a low-level Radioactive Waste Noun 1. low-level radioactive waste - (medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests) (LLRW) disposal site in the state of Washington and a nuclear waste decontamination and processing facility in Oakridge, Tennessee. The company's subsidiary, US Ecology, has a license application pending for a new LLRW disposal facility in Nebraska. Additionally, in 1993, US Ecology was licensed by the State of California to build and operate a LLRW disposal facility in Ward Valley, California. CONTACT: American Ecology Ed Gorman, 800/999-7160 |
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