William Doyle Ruckelshaus
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3rd Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
In office April 30, 1973 – July 9, 1973
Preceded by	L. Patrick Gray
Succeeded by	Clarence M. Kelley
Born	July 24, 1932 Indianapolis, Indiana

William Doyle Ruckelshaus (born July 24, 1932) is an attorney and civil servant in the United States. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Ruckleshaus 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. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. Directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are appointed by the President of the United States. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Louis Patrick Gray III (July 18, 1916 – July 6, 2005) was acting director of the FBI from 1972-73. ... Clarence M. Kelley (October 24, 1911 - August 5, 1997) was a public servant and former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Indianapolis. ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Founded 1821 Government  - Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area  - City  372 sq mi (963. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Founded 1821 Government  - Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area  - City  372 sq mi (963. ... EPA redirects here. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States of America. ... Harvard Law School, often referred to in shorthand as Harvard Law or HLS, is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ...

Ruckleshaus was Deputy Attorney General of Indiana from 1960 through 1965. He was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and its majority leader from 1967 to 1969. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1968, losing 51%-48% to Birch Bayh. The President appointed him for the years 1969 and 1970 as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division for the U.S. Department of Justice. Seal of the U.S. Senate Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      Senate composition following 2006 elections The United States Senate is... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Birch Evans Bayh II (born January 22, 1928) was a U.S. Senator from Indiana between 1963 and 1981. ...

Ruckelshaus became the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s first Administrator when the agency was formed in December 1970. During his early tenure he oversaw a three-month hearing on DDT, after which he instituted a ban of DDT, the hazardous pesticide featured in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. DDT or Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane is the first modern pesticide and is one of the best known synthetic pesticides. ... DDT or Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane is the first modern pesticide and is one of the best known synthetic pesticides. ... Rachel Louise Carson (27 May 1907 — 14 April 1964) was an American marine biologist whose landmark book, Silent Spring, is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement. ... Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson and published by Houghton Mifflin in September 1961. ...

In April 1973 he was appointed acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and in the same year was appointed Deputy Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice. In an event known as the "Saturday Night Massacre", Ruckelshaus and his boss, Elliot Richardson, famously resigned their positions within the Justice Department rather than obey an order from President Richard Nixon to fire the Watergate special prosecutor, Archibald Cox, who was investigating official misconduct on the part of the president and his aides. The Saturday night massacre (October 20, 1973) was the term given by political commentators to U.S. President Richard Nixons executive dismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox, and the forced resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus during the controversial and drawn-out... Elliot Lee Richardson (July 20, 1920 – December 31, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. ... DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. Justice Department redirects here. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... The Watergate scandal was a 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. by members of Richard Nixons administration and the resulting cover-up which led to the resignation of the President. ... Archibald Cox, Jr. ...

After leaving the Justice Department, Ruckelshaus returned to the private sector and the practice of law, serving for a time as the Senior Vice-President of Legal Affairs of Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest pulp and paper companies in the world; the worlds largest private owner of softwood timberland; and the second largest owner in the United States, behind International Paper. ...

In 1983, with the EPA in crisis due to mass resignations over the mishandling of the Superfund project^{[citation needed]}, President Ronald Reagan appointed Ruckelshaus to serve as interim director, a position he held through most of the following year. He joined Perkins Coie in 1985, a Seattle based law firm. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Checking the status of a cleanup site Superfund is the common name for the United States environmental law that is officially known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 to 9675, which was enacted by the United States Congress on December 11... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 – 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 – 1975). ...

From the National Council for Science and the Environment:

Ruckelshaus was appointed by President Bush to serve on the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, mandated by the Oceans Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-256), authorized by Congress and appointed by the President. The commission issued its final report in the Fall of 2004 making recommendations to the President and Congress for a coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy.

Currently, Ruckelshaus serves as a director of several corporations, including Cummins Engine Company, Pharmacia Corporation, Solutia, Inc., Coinstar, Inc., Nordstrom, Inc. and Weyerhaeuser Company. From 1983-86, he served on the World Commission on Environment and Development set up by the United Nations. From July 1997 to July 1998, President Clinton appointed him as the U.S. envoy in the implementing of the Pacific Salmon Treaty and in 1999 he was appointed by Governor Gary Locke and currently serving as the Chairman of the Salmon Recovery Funding Board for the State of Washington. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the University of Wyoming Ruckelshaus Institute for Environment and Natural Resources, Chairman of the World Resources Institute, Chairman of the Meridian Institute, and serves on the board of numerous other nonprofit organizations.

External links

• EPA biography

Directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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