September 26, 2002 A. EPSTEIN AND SONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. ANNOUNCES SENIOR LEVEL PROMOTIONS A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc., the Chicago-based architecture and engineering firm, has promoted a variety of employees to senior level positions today announced Epstein president John Patelski. The following promotions are effective immediately: Michael Blumenthal: Executive Vice President and Director of Project Management (from Senior Vice President) Scott Marker: Senior Vice President (from Vice President) Mark Streetz: Senior Vice President and Director of Design/Build (from Senior Vice President) Noel Abbott: Vice President of Marketing (from Director of Marketing) Christine Paccione-Anderson: Vice President of Human Resources (from Director of Human Resources) Epstein is a full-service architecture, engineering, construction, interior design and graphic design firm. Founded in 1921, the firm maintains its Chicago headquarters and offices in Los Angeles, California; Warsaw, Poland; and Tel Aviv, Haifa and Beersheba in Israel. The Epstein family of companies includes A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc; ISI, the firm's interior design unit; annex|5, the firm's in-house design studio; ComCorp, their graphic design unit and EN Engineering, the firm's energy joint venture with Nicor Inc.