Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Former EPA Administrator Russell Train Has Died

Former EPA Administrator Russell Train passed away at the age of 92 on September 17, 2012. Train was the second Administrator of the Agency, serving under President's Nixon and Ford from 1973 to 1977. Prior to EPA he had founded several wildlife organizations and served as the first vice-president of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). He was later made Chair Emeritus of the the WWF, returning there after leaving the EPA.

A statement by Carter Roberts at WWF can be read here.

An EPA biographer of Russell Train can be read here.

An article about Train's passing is here.

More information on Russell Train's career here.

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