Baker Appoints Regional Engineering Managers.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2000 Michael Baker Corporation Michael Baker Corporation is an engineering and energy management corporation headquartered in the Pittsburgh suburb of Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Its headquarters is located in Airside Business Park, an office park near the Pittsburgh International Airport that the company (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :BKR BKR Baker BKR Birkirkara (postal locality, Malta) BKR Breaker BKR Broadcast Key Rotation BKR Best-Known Recipe ) today announced three senior level appointments in its engineering group, effective June 1. John D. Whiteford, P.E., has been named executive vice president and manager of the North region; James B. Richards, Jr., P.E., has been named executive vice president and manager of the South region; and John D. Swanson, P.E., has been named senior vice president and manager of the West region. Whiteford, 40, will be based in Pittsburgh and oversee offices and operations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York Ohio is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 922 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the state of Ohio. The Town of Ohio is in the northwest part of the county and northeast of Utica. , New Jersey, Illinois and Indiana. Currently vice president of Baker Energy, he has almost 20 years experience in engineering and business management. At Baker Energy, he has been responsible for various strategic initiatives within the unit, including the acquisition of Steen Production in 1999, major commercial and contract negotiations, including Burlington Resources Burlington Resources, is an American oil and gas company. Their headquarters are in Houston, Texas. Based in Houston, Texas, BR has major offices located in Calgary, London, Farmington, Midland and Fort Worth. and British Petroleum, and supporting development of the BakerOPCO(SM) business model. In addition, he leads the unit's Health, Safety and Environmental and Operations Engineering groups. Previously, he was vice president of Baker Environmental. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Grove City College The school emphasizes a humanities core curriculum, which endorses the Judeo-Christian Western tradition and the free market. While loosely associated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), the college is non-denominational and does not require students to sign a statement of faith, though and did graduate study in environmental engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He will be relocating to Pittsburgh with his wife, Karen, and their three children. Richards, 53, will be based in Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, resort city (1990 pop. 393,069), independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1906. In 1963, Princess Anne co. and the former small town of Virginia Beach were merged, giving the present city an area of 302 sq mi (782 sq km). and responsible for offices and operations in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Florida, Mississippi and Mexico City. In a career that has spanned more than 30 years in the infrastructure engineering business, Richards has served as a principal-in-charge, project director or manager on a variety of civil, transportation and environmental projects, including the Lake Gaston Water Supply Project, the Southeast Parkway and Greenbelt Project, the Blennerhassett Bridge Design, and the Corridor H EIS (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. and Corridor Study. He holds Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech University, and is a registered professional engineer in seven states. He is active in numerous professional and community organizations, serves on two alumni boards at Virginia Tech, and resides in Virginia Beach with his wife, Linda, and their son. Swanson, 44, will be based in Houston and manage offices and operations in Alaska, Arizona, Utah, Texas and Louisiana. He is presently vice president and head of Baker's Alaska operations and specializes in linear project management, having held a variety of responsible positions on projects in Alaska, Russia, Mexico and other locations in the United States. He is recognized for design and construction of pipelines and telecommunications systems, and most recently for his leadership on the Colville River Pipeline Crossing, a critical aspect of Phillips Alaska's Alpine Project. The Colville River Pipeline Crossing was recognized as one the top five Outstanding Civil Engineering projects for 1999. He is a graduate of Colorado State University Colorado State University, at Fort Collins; land-grant with state and federal support; chartered 1870, opened 1879 as an agricultural college, assumed present name in 1957. There is a veterinary teaching hospital, an agricultural campus, and a research campus. where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He will be relocating to Houston with his wife, Sherri, and their three children. Michael Baker Corporation (www.mbakercorp.com) provides facilities design, engineering, construction management and energy-related services and solutions worldwide. |
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