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John S. Mueller, Chairman John S. Mueller, Chairman
Mr. Mueller has been with Laidlaw Corporation for over 40 years, serving as Chief Executive Officer from 1960 to 1995 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1976. Laidlaw has grown from two plants to six plants under his leadership. He serves on the Board of Protection Mutual Insurance Company and is past president of the American Wire Producers Association. Mr. Mueller is a graduate of the University of Arizona.


George H. Walker III
Mr. Walker is presently Chairman of the Board of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, St. Louis, Missouri. In 1976 he joined Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. as Executive Vice President and was elected President and Chief Executive Officer in 1978 and served in that capacity until 1992. Mr. Walker currently serves as Chairman of a blue-ribbon advisory committee on budget and finance which he formed at the request of St. Louis Mayor-Elect, Freeman Bosely, Jr., in 1993. He is a Board member of Laclede Steel and Eck-Adams Corporation and is Chairman of the Missouri Historical Society. Mr. Walker is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School and has served on the Laidlaw Board since 1974.
George H. Walker III


David C. Hawley

David C. Hawley
Mr. Hawley recently retired from Inland Steel Industries, Inc., Chicago Illinois, where he served as Director of Federal Public Affairs. In that position, he directed the positions on federal and public policy issues important to corporate profitability. Major issues included taxes, international trade, environment, energy and human resources. Principal contacts were with federal government officials in Washington, D. C. and with trade associations and company managers with similar interests. He also handled state and local government relations activities and administration of the Inland Steel-Ryerson Foundation. Mr. Hawley is a graduate of Princeton University and Northwestern University. He has served on the Laidlaw Corporation Board of Directors since 1974.



Curtis A Livermore
Mr. Livermore has been with Laidlaw Corporation since September, 1991 and is presently its President and Chief Executive Officer. He joined the Board of Directors in December, 1995. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Majoring in Production Management and Economics. Upon graduation, he served four years as an officer in the United States Navy before joining Bethlehem Steel Corporation as a marketing trainee in 1971. In 1979 he accepted a position as a Regional Sales Manager with a new steel manufacturing company, Raritan River Steel, being built in New Jersey. His sales area included eight states from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and he sold steel rod to Laidlaw and a number of its competitors during that time. In 1986, he was promoted to Vice President of Marketing at Raritan and a member of its Executive Staff. It was from this position that he was hired by John Mueller in September of 1991 to be Laidlaw's Chief Operating Officer.
Curtis A. Livermore


Ronald W. Eden Ronald W. Eden
Following graduation from the University of Western Ontario's School of Business, Mr. Eden joined the Ford Motor Company. He left Ford to join Guthrie Canadian Investments Limited, a diversified management company, where he served in a variety of capacities and was appointed President and CEO in 1978. Guthrie was engaged in the manufacture of specialized, high voltage electrical equipment, metal Stampings and assemblies, and formed, glass-reinforced, plastic components. In 1988, Mr. Eden joined Canada Malting Co. Limited as President and CEO. Canada Malting supplied malt to brewers throughout the world. During his tenure, the company became the worldwide industry leader. In late 1995, Canada Malting was acquired by ConAgra Inc., a leading US based agribusiness which integrated the company into its own malting operation, Mr. Eden, who now operates his own consulting firm in Toronto, has also been a director of a number of North American companies.


Walter J. Iber
Mr. Iber had been with Laidlaw Corporation for 34 years before retiring in September 1992. During that time, he served as plant manager of the Peoria plant until its closing in 1973, and then as plant manager of the Metropolis plant until retiring. Prior to this, he had served in many capacities with Laidlaw Corporation. In addition to his duties as plant manager, Mr. Iber has served as an ESOP administrator for Laidlaw Corporation since its inception in 1985. He attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and has served as Director on the Pekin, Illinois and Metropolis, Illinois Chambers of Commerce, the Advisory Board of Illinois Central College and was appointed by the Governor of the State of Illinois to serve on the 14-County Private Industry Council. He was elected to the Laidlaw Board of Directors in December, 1992.
Walter J. Iber




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