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Edward W. Furia, Jr.
Biography
[EPA press release - September 22, 1971]
The appointment of Edward Furia as the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator for Region 3 with headquarters in Philadelphia was announced today by William D. Ruckelshaus, EPA Administrator.
Furia, 30, of Philadelphia, is a lawyer and city planner specializing in environmental problems. He also has a background in communications and marketing.
Ruckelshaus predicted that Furia will provide "the type of vigorous and far-seeing leadership we need to ensure that EPA's programs are carried out successfully."
Furia has headed a consultant firm in Philadelphia, Edward Furia Associates, specializing in the environment.
In addition to serving as a consultant to various industries, Furia has been a consultant to the Earth Week Congress, a consortium of universities, scientific institutes, environmental groups and businessmen; and the University City Science Center, a non-profit institution in Philadelphia representing 24 universities.
Furia also served as director of the first Earth Week in Philadelphia from December, 1969, to May, 1970. The Earth Week Technical Symposia held in connection with this event provided the data and opinions for a book entitled "The Delaware Valley Environment: Status and Prospects."
Furia has served as a delegate to numerous international and national conferences on the environment.
He did copywriting, market and communications research for Smith, Kline and French Laboratories from 1963 to 1965 and was president of a market research and advertising agency in Aspen, Colorado, from 1965 to 1967.
Furia and his wife, Joan, live in Center City Philadelphia.
As Administrator of Region 3, Furia will be responsible for all EPA programs in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The new appointment brings to nine the number of EPA Regional Administrators announced so far. The other Regional Administrators previously named are Francis T. Mayo, Region 5, with headquarters in Chicago; John McGlennon, Region 1, Boston; Jerome H. Svore, Region 7, Kansas City, Missouri; Gerald M. Hansler, Region 2, New York City; John A. Green, Region 8, Denver; Jack E. Ravan, Region 4, Atlanta; Paul DeFalco, Jr., Region 9, San Francisco; and James L. Agee, Region 10, Seattle.
EPA has 10 regional offices. Selection of an Administrator from Region 6 with headquarters in Dallas will be announced shortly.