Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> June 3, 1999

Peter Mccausland – Airgas Inc

PETER MCCAUSLAND is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Airgas, Inc., the largest distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases and welding equipment and one of the largest distributors of safety supplies in the United States. Mr. McCausland founded Airgas in 1982 and has been the Chairman and CEO since 1987. Before starting the firm, he served as General Counsel for MG Industries, Inc., an industrial gas producer. He also was a founding partner in the law firm of McCausland, Keen & Buckman, which specialized in mergers, acquisitions and financings. Mr. McCausland serves as a Director of the Fox Chase Cancer Center, the Independence Seaport Museum, the International Oxygen Manufacturers Association, Inc., and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Eisenhower Fellowships, Inc. He also serves on the Board of Visitors of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina, and on the Board of Visitors at the Boston University School of Law. He graduated cum laude from Boston University Law School with a JD degree after earning a BS in History from the University of South Carolina. Profile
TWST: Let's start out by you giving us a brief overview of Airgas your

history, products, services, customers, those kinds of things?

Mr. McCausland: Airgas actually started back in 1982. It