ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT INC
SC 13G/A, 1999-03-10
ENGINEERING SERVICES
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                                   SCHEDULE 13G/A
                                 (Amendment No. 11)
          
          
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
          
                   Information to be included in statements filed
                  pursuant to rules 13d-1(b) and (c) and amendments
                         thereto filed pursuant to 13d-2(b)
          
          
                            Ecology and Environment, Inc.             
                                  (Name of Issuer)
          
                                 Class A Common Stock               
                  (Class B Common Stock is Convertible into Class A
                        Common Stock on a one for one basis)
                           (Title of Class of Securities)
                                           
                                          
                                    278878 10 3                  
                                   (CUSIP Number)
          
          
          The information required in the remainder of this cover page 
          shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 
          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise 
          subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall 
          be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the 
          Notes).
          
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          CUSIP NO.: 278878 10 3
          
          1)  Name of Reporting Persons
          
              Gerald A. Strobel
          
          2)  Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group.
          
                                   Not Applicable
          
          3)  Securities and Exchange Commission use only
          
          
          4)  Citizenship or Place of Organization.
          
              United States
          
            NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON WITH:
          
          5)  Sole Voting Power		     Class A(1)     Class B(2)
          	    	 		     231,741        231,741
          
          6)  Shared Voting Power	     Class A        Class B
          	    	 		       -0-            -0- 
           
          7)  Sole Dispositive Power 	     Class A        Class B
          	    	 		      15,171         15,171
          
          8)  Shared Dispositive Power(3)    Class A(1)     Class B(2)
          	    	 		     216,570        216,570
          
               (1)  Class B Stock is convertible into Class A Stock on a 
                    one for one basis.
          
               (2)  Includes 15,171 shares of Class B Common Stock owned in 
                    equal amounts by Mr. Strobel as custodian for each of 
                    his three children as to which he disclaims beneficial 
                    ownership.  Does not include any other shares of Class 
                    B Common Stock owned by Mr. Strobel's children.
          
               (3)  Messrs. Gerhard J. Neumaier, Frank B. Silvestro, Ronald 
                    L. Frank and Gerald A. Strobel entered into a 
                    Stockholders' Agreement in 1970 which governs the sale 
                    of an aggregate of 1,262,018 shares Class B Common 
                    Stock owned by them, certain members of their families 
                    and a former spouse.  The Agreement provides that prior 
                    to accepting a bona fide offer to purchase all or any 
                    part of those shares, each party must first allow the 
                    other members to the agreement the opportunity to 
                    acquire on a pro rata basis, with right of over- 
                    allotment, all of such shares covered by the offer on 
                    the same terms and conditions proposed by the offer.
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          9)  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Reporting Person:
          
              	    	 Class A	     Class B
          
          	    	 231,741	     231,741
          
          
          10) 	    Check box if the aggregate amount in Row 9 excludes
               	    certain shares. | |
          
          
          11)       Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9:
          
          
          	    	 Class A	     Class B
          	    	 Common Stock	     Common Stock
          
          	    	  9.6%		     13.1%
          
          
          12)  Type of Reporting Person:
          
          	    Individual
          
          
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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                  Washington, D.C.
          
                                    Schedule 13G
          
                      Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
          
          Item 1(a):       Name of Issuer: 
          
                    	   Ecology and Environment, Inc.
          
          Item 1(b):	   Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
          
          	    	   368 Pleasant View Drive, Lancaster, New York
          
          Item 2(a):   	   Name of Person Filing:
          
          	    	   Gerald A. Strobel
          
          Item 2(b):       Address of Principal Business Office:
          
          	    	   368 Pleasant View Drive, Lancaster, New York
          
          Item 2(c):       Citizenship:
          
          	    	   United States
          
          Item 2(d):       Title of Class of Securities:
          
                           Class A Common Stock (Class B Common Stock 
                           isconvertible into Class A Stock on a one for 
                           one basis)
          
          Item 2(e):       CUSIP Number:
          
          	           278878 10 3
          
          Item 3:   	   Not Applicable
          
          Item 4(a):       Amount Beneficially Owned:(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
          
          	           Class A         Class B
          	    
          	    	   231,741         231,741
          
          Item 4(b):       Percent of Class:
          
                           Class A         Class B
           
          	     	     9.6%           13.1%
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          Item 4(c)(i):	   Sole Power to Vote or to direct the vote -
          
          	           Class A         Class B
          
          	    	   231,741         231,741
          
          
          Item 4(c)(ii):   Shared Power to Vote or to direct the vote -
          
          	    	   Class A         Class B
          
          	    	    - 0 -           - 0 -
          
          Item 4(c)(iii):  Sole Power to dispose or to direct the 
                           disposition of -
           
          	    	   Class A         Class B 
          
          	           15,171          15,171
          
          Item 4(c)(iv):   Shared Power to dispose or to direct the 
                           disposition of -
          
          	    	   Class A         Class B 
          
          	    	   216,570         216,570
          _______________
          
          (1)	    Class B Stock is convertible into Class A Stock on a 
                    one for one basis.
          
          (2)	    The Filing Person is deemed to be the beneficial owner 
                    of securities that may be acquired within 60 days 
                    through the exercise of exchange or conversion rights. 
                    The shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon 
                    conversion by any such shareholder are not included in 
                    calculating the number of shares or percentage of Class 
                    A Common Stock beneficially owned by any other 
                    shareholder.  Moreover, the table does not give effect 
                    to any shares of Class A Common Stock that may be 
                    issued pursuant to the Company's Incentive Stock Option 
                    Plan, none of which have been granted to the Filing 
                    Person. 
          
          (3)  	    Does not include 49,932 shares (19,475 shares of Class 
                    A Commons Stock and 30,457 shares of Class B Common 
                    Stock) owned by the Company's Defined Contribution Plan 
                    of which Messrs. Gerhard J. Neumaier, Frank B. 
                    Silvestro, Ronald L. Frank, and Gerald A. Strobel 
                    constitute four of five Trustees. 
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          (4)	    Messrs. Gerhard J. Neumaier, Frank B. Silvestro, Ronald 
                    L. Frank and Gerald A. Strobel entered into a 
                    Stockholders' Agreement in 1970 which governs the sale 
                    of an aggregate of 1,262,018 shares Class B Common 
                    Stock owned by them, certain members of their families 
                    and a former spouse.  The Agreement provides that prior 
                    to accepting a bona fide offer to purchase all or any 
                    part of those shares, each party must first allow the 
                    other members to the agreement the opportunity to 
                    acquire on a pro rata basis, with right of over- 
                    allotment, all of such shares covered by the offer on 
                    the same terms and conditions proposed by the offer.
          
          (5)	    There are 2,188,442 shares of Class A Common Stock 
          	    outstanding and 1,772,028 shares of Class B Common 
          	    Stock outstanding as of December 31, 1998.
          	    
          (6)	    Includes 15,171 shares of Class B Common Stock owned in 
                    equal amounts by Mr. Strobel as custodian for each of 
                    his three children as to which he disclaims beneficial 
                    ownership.  Does not include any other shares of Class 
                    B Common Stock owned by Mr. Strobel's children.
          
          
          Item 5:        Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
          
          	    	 Not Applicable
          
          
          Item 6:        Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of 
                         Another Person:
          
          	    	 Not Applicable
          
          
          Item 7:   	 Identification and Classification of the
                         Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being 
                         Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
          
          	    	 Not Applicable
          
          Item 8:        Identification and Classification of Members of 
                         the Group:
          
          	         Not Applicable
          
          Item 9:        Notice of Dissolution of Group
          
          	    	 Not Applicable
          
          Item 10:       Certification:
          
          	         Not Applicable
          
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          Signature:     After reasonable inquiry and to the best 
                         of my knowledge and belief, I certify 
                         that the information set forth in this 
                         statement is true, complete and correct.
          
          Date:          March 10, 1999                             
          
          Signature:     /s/ Gerald A. Strobel 	       	            
          
          Name/Title:    Gerald A. Strobel, Executive Vice President
          	    	 of Technical Services and Director
          


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