Russell E. Train

Russell Train
2nd Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office
September 12, 1973 – January 20, 1977
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald Ford
DeputyJohn R. Quarles Jr.
Preceded byWilliam Ruckelshaus
Succeeded byDouglas M. Costle
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality
In office
January 1, 1970 – September 12, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRussell W. Peterson
Personal details
Born
Russell Errol Train

(1920-06-04)June 4, 1920
Jamestown, Rhode Island, U.S.
DiedSeptember 17, 2012(2012-09-17) (aged 92)
Bozman, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAileen Bowdoin Travers
Parent
RelativesCharles J. Train (grandfather)
Charles R. Train (great-grandfather)
EducationPrinceton 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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  2. ^ "Russell E. Train | EPA History | US EPA". Epa.gov. 2006-06-28. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  3. ^ Rawlings, Nate. Milestones. Time magazine. October 1, 2012
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