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He began college at Princeton University before being drafted [6] and serving for two years in the United States Army, becoming a drill sergeant at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington. [7] .
Jun 7, 2023 · William Ruckelshaus was the first Administrator of the EPA, appointed by President Nixon when the agency was created in 1970. He compiled an astonishing list of accomplishments in three short years: banning the dangerous pesticide DDT; setting the first air quality standards to protect public health under the fledgling Clean Air Act;
Sep 7, 2016 · William Ruckelshaus lived up to expectations. He attended parochial schools until the age of 16, then finished High School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, at the Benedictine Portsmouth Abbey. After graduation, he served for two years in the U.S. Army, became a drill sergeant, and left the service in 1955.
Sep 7, 2016 · Ruckelshaus was born in 1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is a graduate of Princeton University (B.A., 1957) and Harvard University (LL.B., 1960). He is married and has five children. Biographical Note
From there he went to Harvard Law School, graduating in 1960. Ruckelshaus went back to Indianapolis and joined his brother and his father at the family law firm, established in 1895 by his grandfather, John. Not long after he returned to Indiana he was appointed a deputy attorney general.
Jan 18, 2012 · New oral history of William Ruckelshaus, key figure in environmental policy, now online. Bob Roseth. News and Information. Douglas Brinkley, left, and William Ruckelshaus. Douglas Brinkley, a noted historian who has written several books on U.S. environmental history, conducted more than seven hours of interviews with Ruckelshaus in 2011.
Dec 2, 2019 · The Seattle Times editorial board. William D. Ruckelshaus, who died Wednesday at his Medina home after an inspiring life, was both a political titan and a beacon for how to negotiate intensely...
