Russell Train | |
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| 2nd Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
| In office September 12, 1973 – January 20, 1977 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Deputy | John R. Quarles Jr. |
| Preceded by | William Ruckelshaus |
| Succeeded by | Douglas M. Costle |
| Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality | |
| In office January 1, 1970 – September 12, 1973 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Russell W. Peterson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Russell Errol Train June 4, 1920 Jamestown, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | September 17, 2012 (aged 92) Bozman, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Aileen Bowdoin Travers |
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| Relatives | Charles J. Train (grandfather) Charles R. Train (great-grandfather) |
| Education | Princeton University (AB) Columbia University (LLB) |
Russell Errol Train (June 4, 1920 – September 17, 2012) was the second administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), from September 1973 to January 1977 and the founder chairman emeritus of World Wildlife Fund (WWF).[1][2] As the second head of the EPA under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, Train helped place the issue of the environment on the presidential and national agenda in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a key period in the environmental movement. He was a conservative who reached out to the business community and Republicans. He promulgated the idea that as the economy of the nation was growing quickly, public as well as private projects should consider and evaluate the environmental impacts of their actions.[3][4]
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