William D. Ruckelshaus
| William Ruckelshaus | |
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| 1st and 5th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
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In office May 15, 1983 – February 7, 1985 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Anne Gorsuch |
| Succeeded by | Lee Thomas |
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In office December 4, 1970 – April 30, 1973 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Robert Fri (Acting) |
| United States Deputy Attorney General | |
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In office July 9, 1973 – October 20, 1973 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Joseph Sneed |
| Succeeded by | Laurence Silberman |
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Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting |
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In office April 30, 1973 – July 9, 1973 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Pat Gray (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Clarence Kelley |
| Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division | |
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In office January 20, 1969 – December 4, 1970 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Edwin Weisl |
| Succeeded by | Pat Gray |
| Personal details | |
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William Doyle Ruckelshaus July 24, 1932 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
Princeton University (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
William Doyle "Bill" Ruckelshaus (born July 24, 1932) is an American attorney and former U.S. government official. He was the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970, was subsequently acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and then Deputy Attorney General of the United States. During 1983 through 1985 he returned as EPA Administrator.
Ruckelshaus was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to a distinguished family with a long history of practicing law in Indianapolis and serving in Republican Party politics.
He attended parochial schools until the age of 16, then finished high school in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, at the Portsmouth Abbey School. After graduation, he served for two years in the United States Army, becoming a drill sergeant, and left the service in 1955. Ruckelshaus then graduated with an A.B. (cum laude) in history from Princeton University, followed in 1960 by an LL.B. from Harvard Law School.
After passing the Indiana bar exam, Ruckelshaus joined the family law firm of Ruckelshaus, Bobbitt, and O'Connor.
Starting at age 28, he was a Deputy Attorney General of Indiana from 1960 through 1965. For two years he was assigned to the Indiana Board of Health. As counsel to the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board, Ruckelshaus obtained court orders prohibiting industries and municipalities from heavy pollution of the state's water supply. He also helped draft the 1961 Indiana Air Pollution Control Act, the state's first attempt to reduce that problem. He then spent two years as Chief Counsel for the Attorney General's Office.
Ruckelshaus then began a political career. He ran in 1964 as a moderate Republican for an Indiana Congressional seat, losing in the primaries to a candidate from the conservative wing of the party. He then spent a year as Minority Attorney for the Indiana State Senate.
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