Baker Forms CEO Search Committee.PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 1999-- 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 ) has announced the formation of an Executive Search Committee that will identify and recommend a new chief executive officer (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. ) to lead the company. The committee is made up of three outside members of Baker's board of directors: Robert N. Bontempo, Ph.D.; Thomas D. Larson, Ph.D., P.E.; and John E. Murray, Jr., J.D., S.J.D. The Committee will be assisted in the selection process by a nationally recognized search firm. Its search will include internal and external candidates. No time table has been set for completion of the search, but it is hoped that a new CEO will be in place by the company's annual meeting in May 2000, according to Baker's Chairman and CEO Richard L. Shaw. The Search Committee is being chaired by Dr. Bontempo who is an associate professor of international business at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Dr. Murray is president of Duquesne University. Dr. Larson is former administrator of the Federal Highway Administration The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," The Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway and the former Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation. On Sept. 3, 1999, Charles I. "Skip" Homan announced his resignation as Baker's CEO to pursue other interests. Michael Baker Corporation (www.mbakercorp.com) provides engineering, management, and operations services through its five business units: buildings, civil, energy, environmental and transportation. |
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