A. James Barnes

A. James Barnes
6th Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
In office
May 10, 1985 – August 14, 1988
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byAlvin L. Alm
Succeeded byF. Henry Habicht II
Personal details
Born (1942-08-30) August 30, 1942 (age 82)
Napoleon, Ohio
Political partyRepublican

A. James Barnes (born August 30, 1942) is an American attorney who served in several senior management positions at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and later as a dean and professor at Indiana University Bloomington (IU).

Barnes served as Chief of Staff to EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus when the agency was created in 1970.[1] In the 1980s he was appointed General Counsel and later Deputy Administrator at EPA from 1985 to 1988.[2][3] He also worked at the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Justice.[1] Barnes is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

At IU Barnes was Dean of the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs from 1988 to 2000, and subsequently he has been a professor of Law and Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "A. James Barnes; Professor of Law and Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs". Bloomington, IN: Maurer School of Law, Indiana University. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  2. ^ Shabecoff, Philip (1985-04-17). "Budget Office Disputed On Cost Basis For Asbestos". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  3. ^ Shabecoff, Philip (1985-10-04). "Budget Office Attacked Over Rules For Asbestos". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-06-26.