Anne Gorsuch Burford

Anne Gorsuch Burford
4th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office
May 5, 1981 – March 9, 1983
PresidentRonald Reagan
DeputyJohn Hernandez
Preceded byDouglas M. Costle
Succeeded byWilliam Ruckelshaus
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 12th district
In office
1976–1980
Preceded byDavid Gaon
Succeeded byDon Eberle
Personal details
Born
Anne Irene McGill

(1942-04-21)April 21, 1942
Casper, Wyoming, U.S.
DiedJuly 18, 2004(2004-07-18) (aged 62)
Aurora, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
David Gorsuch
(m. 1964; div. 1982)
(m. 1983; died 1993)
Children3, including Neil
EducationUniversity of Colorado Boulder (BA, JD)

Anne Irene McGill Gorsuch Burford (/ˈɡɔːrsʌ/ GOR-sutch; April 21, 1942 – July 18, 2004), also known as Anne M. Gorsuch, was an American attorney and politician. Between 1981 and 1983, while known as Anne M. Gorsuch, she served under President Ronald Reagan as the first female Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Her son is sitting Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Neil Gorsuch.