William Ruckelshaus

William Doyle Ruckelshaus (July 24, 1932 – November 27, 2019) was an American attorney and government official."William D. Ruckelshaus: Oral History Interview", January 1993. Section, "Biography". Environmental Protection Agency. archive.epa.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-19. See also:  He worked during the Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan presidencies. He was known for resigning under the Nixon administration after he refused to carry out Nixon's orders to fire key investigators of the Watergate Scandal.

Ruckelshaus was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He studied at Harvard University and at Princeton University.

He served as 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. Ruckelshaus was a finalist to be Gerald Ford’s running mate in the 1976 presidential election. https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Connelly-Bill-Ruckelshaus-quit-on-principle-14886007.php During 1983 through 1985 he returned as EPA Administrator.

In 1968, he ran for the United States Senate in Indiana, but narrowly lost the election to Birch Bayh with 51.7% to 48.2%.

In November 2015, Ruckelshaus was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama during a ceremony at the White House.Phil Helsel – "Obama honoring Spielberg, Streisand and more with medal of freedom," NBC News, November 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-25

Ruckelshaus died at his home in Medina, Washington on November 27, 2019 at the age of 87.

References

Other websites

Bio at National Council for Science and the Environment 

C-SPAN Q&A interview with William and Jill Ruckelshaus, January 16, 2005

Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
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