OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Russell Errol Train
BORN:
June 4, 1920;
Jamestown, Rhode Island
DIED:
September 17, 2012 (age 92);
Bozman, Maryland
EDUCATION:
Princeton University (BA, 1941)
Columbia University (JD, 1948
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1941-1946:
U.S. Army
1949-1953:
Attorney, Joint Committee on Taxation
1953-1954:
Chief Counsel, House Ways and Means Committee
1955-1956:
Minority Staff, House Ways and Means Committee
1956-1957:
Assistant to the Secretary and Head, Legal Advisory Staff, Treasury Department
1957-1965:
Judge, U.S. Tax Court
1961
Founded African Wildlife Leadership Foundation
1965-1969:
President, The Conservation Foundation
1966-1968:
Member, National Water Commission
1968:
Co-Chairman, Task Force on Environment, for President-Elect Richard Nixon
1969-1970:
Under Secretary, Department of the Interior
1970-1973:
Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President
1973-1977:
EPA Agency Administrator
1974:
Order of the Golden Ark decoration, Netherlands
1975:
Conservationist of the Year Award, National Wildlife Federation
1978-1985:
President, World Wildlife Fund
1981:
Public Welfare Medal, National Academy of Sciences
1985-1994:
Chairman, World Wildlife Fund – U.S.
1988:
Co-Chairman, Conservationists for Bush
1991:
Presidential Medal of Freedom
1994-2012
Chairman Emeritus, World Wildlife Fund
PORTRAITS:
RESOURCES:
Environmental Protection Agency
Word Wildlife Fund
EPA Oral History (5/5/1992)
Senate Confirmation Hearing (2/4/1969)
Wikipedia
MEDIA COVERAGE:
EPA NOMINATION (7/27/1993):
New York Times
OBITUARIES (9/27/2012):
New York Times
Washington Post