American attorney, EPA Administrator, acting FBI Director
Bill Ruckelshaus
1st and 5th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office May 15, 1983 – February 7, 1985
President
Ronald Reagan
Deputy
Alvin L. Alm
Preceded by
Anne Gorsuch Burford
Succeeded by
Lee M. Thomas
In office December 4, 1970 – April 30, 1973
President
Richard Nixon
Deputy
Robert W. Fri
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Russell E. Train
13th United States Deputy Attorney General
In office July 9, 1973 – October 20, 1973
President
Richard Nixon
Preceded by
Joseph Tyree Sneed III
Succeeded by
Laurence Silberman
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Acting April 30, 1973 – July 9, 1973
President
Richard Nixon
Preceded by
L. Patrick Gray (acting)
Succeeded by
Clarence M. Kelley
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
In office January 20, 1969 – December 4, 1970
President
Richard Nixon
Preceded by
Edwin L. Weisl Jr.
Succeeded by
L. Patrick Gray
Member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 26th district
In office November 9, 1966 – November 6, 1968
Preceded by
Multi-member district[1]
Succeeded by
Multi-member district
Personal details
Born
William Doyle Ruckelshaus
(1932-07-24)July 24, 1932 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Died
November 27, 2019(2019-11-27) (aged 87) Medina, Washington, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Ellen Urban
(m. 1960; died 1961)
Jill Strickland
(m. 1962)
Children
5
Relatives
John C. Ruckelshaus (brother) John Ruckelshaus (nephew)
Education
Princeton University (BA) Harvard University (LLB)
Awards
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2015) Seattle Aquarium Medal (2004)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1953–1955
Rank
Sergeant
William Doyle Ruckelshaus (July 24, 1932 – November 27, 2019) was an American attorney and government official.
Ruckelshaus served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1966 to 1968, and was the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division from 1969 to 1970. He was also the first Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 1970 to 1973, after being nominated by Richard Nixon. He returned to the position from 1983 to 1985, as the fifth Administrator of the EPA, during the Reagan administration. In 1973, he was also the acting FBI Director.
While serving as US Deputy Attorney General in October 1973, in what became known as the "Saturday Night Massacre,"[2] Ruckelshaus and US Attorney General Elliot Richardson resigned from their positions rather than obey the order of US President Richard Nixon to fire the independent special prosecutor, Archibald Cox, who was tasked with investigating Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal.
^"Indiana Political History Database: State Representatives from Marion County". Capitol & Washington. March 3, 2015.
^Andrews, Evan. "What Was the Saturday Night Massacre?". HISTORY. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
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