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JOSEPH C
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LAWLER, JR.
1920-1982
BY MARTIN LANG
JOSEPH C LAWLER JR Chairman of the Board of Camp, Dresser
and McKee, Inc. (CDM), one of the Nation's major consulting
firms in the environmental engineering field, died on November 18,
1982, at his home in North Reading, Massachusetts.
Mr. Lawler was widely recognized for his contributions to the
environmental engineering profession, for his dedication to high
ethical standards, and for his involvement in furthering the consult-
r
ng engineering professions
He received a B.S. in civil engineering, with honors, from North-
eastern University in 1943. He served with distinction as a Navy
Lieutenant in the Civil Engineering Corps stationed in the Pacific
during World War II. He then attended Harvard University and
received a master's degree in sanitary engineering in 1947. He was
also awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from
Northeastern University in 1972.
Mr. Lawler had been with Camp, Dresser and McKee since its
inception in 1947 and played a significant role in guiding the firm to
its position as one of the largest consulting firms in the country. He
became a Partner in 1952, President of the international subsidiary
in 1968, and President and Chairman of the Board when the firm
was incorporated in 1970. Thomas R. Camp, the firm's founder,
once characterized him as the "backbone of CDM." Under his
leadership the firm expanded its national and international markets
and became a leading force in the environmental engineering field.
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MEMORIAL TRIBUTES
He was recognized as an untiring worker for the international
advancement of environmental engineering and for the training of
engineering personnel of developing countries.
Some of his many international projects included water treatment
works for Sydney, Australia; development of water and sewerage
systems for eighty communities in Bangladesh; water supply, sewer-
age, drainage, and flood protection for metropolitan Bangkok, Thai-
land; water supply and sewerage projects for Ankara, Turkey; and
sewerage and wastewater treatment for metropolitan Taipei, Tai-
wan.
Major projects in the United States included expansion of
Tallman's Island wastewater treatment plant, New York City; sewer-
age and joint wastewater treatment works for Pittsfield and Dalton,
Massachusetts; a waterworks improvement program for Troy, New
York; the nineteen-community water pollution abatement report in
the Merrimack River Basin; and the study for pollution control
works for Lawrence and adjacent towns in Massachusetts.
Joseph Lawler was elected to the National Academy of Engineer-
ing (NAE) in April 1973. He was cited for his innovative contribu-
tions to water supply and wastewater treatment plant design and to
the advancement of the engineering profession. In 1981 he chaired
the NAE-sponsored round table on the Clean Water Act.
He was very active in many engineering and professional soci-
eties, serving as President of the New England Water Pollution
Control Association in 1970 and as President of the Engineering
Societies of New England in 1962-1963. He was a Diplomate of the
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and a Fellow of
both the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American
Consulting Engineers Council.
The Engineering Societies of New England cited Mr. Lawler's
ability as an administrator, his contributions to the international
advancement of environmental engineering, and his dedication to
maintaining the ethical standards of his profession when they gave
him the New England Award in 1972. In April 1981 he received the
Civil Engineering Management Award from the American Society
of Civil Engineers and delivered the Parcel-Sverdrup management
lecture at the society's national meeting.
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Joseph Lawler was an avid big-game hunter and wildlife conser-
vationist. A founder and first President of the New England Chapter
of the Safari Club International, he was active in both the club's
local and national affairs. He was a Vice-President of the Safari
Club's International Conservation Fund, sponsor of a broad range
of conservation activities, including the American Wilderness Lead-
ership School, and recipient of the Arthur Sullivan Memorial Award
for New England outdoor journalists.
At Northeastern University he served as Director of the Alumni
Association from 1958 to 1960 and as Vice-President from 1960 to
1962; in 1964 he was made a Director of its National Council. He
was an active member of the university's Board of Trustees at the
time of his death. As a graduate of Northeastern's cooperative edu-
cation program, Mr. Lawler had been recognized for his efforts in
promoting cooperative education nationwide. The Cooperative
Education Association posthumously awarded him the Charles F.
Kettering Award.
Speaking for his associates, Joseph E. Heney, President of Camp,
Dresser and McKee, said:
We all share a deep sense of loss at the passing of our Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. Joe was the driving force behind CDM's spectacular growth
over the past two decades. He leaves behind a strong organization, a manage-
ment philosophy, and a set of professional ideals that will serve us well in the
years ahead.
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