November 10, 2000

Richard E. Zuschlag is the president and Co-Chariman of the Acadian Ambulance and Air Med Services, Inc. Zuschlag has led Acadian from a fledgling service with two ambulances and eight medics in 1971 to the largest private ambulance service in the nation and a national leader in the use of advanced technology for the delivery of out-of-hospital emergency medical care.

In 1999 Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates recognized Acadian's technology leadership in "Business @ The Speed of Thought." In the same year the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History included Acadian's Computer Telephony Integration Technology in its Permanent Research Collection. Zuschlag is a member of the board of directors of numerous organizations, including Bank One, Louisiana; Bank One, Acadiana Region; and Datex Spectrum, L.L.C.

He has been honored as the Businessman of the Year for the state of Louisiana by the small Business Administration in Washington, D.C., in 1980, as the Marketer of the year by Sales and Marketing International of Greater Baton Rouge in 1988, and as a Distinguished Citizen by the EvanglineArea Council of the Boy Scouts in 1995.

Zuschlag is the final speaker in the Fall 2000 MBA Distinguished Speaker Series. Zuschlag will discuss not only the success of the company over the last 30 years, but he will also discuss the many challenges the company has faced in the past. He will also talk about the strategy for moving forward into the 20th century in a highly complex, highly competitive health care environment.