On March 4, 1946, the Allegheny County Commissioners adopted a resolution creating the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) to oversee an $80 million sewage treatment program for Allegheny County.
Listed left to right: Chairman John F. Laboon (1), Secretary David Oldblum (2), Treasurer William B. Rodgers (3), Chief Counsel Leon Wald Esq. (4), Managing Engineer Ellis E. Bankson (5), Cornelius D. Scully (6), Charles A. Finley (7) and Paul S. Aaron (8) were appointed to lead those efforts.