William Ruckelshaus Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for William Ruckelshaus, based on 2 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

2 records1970–19732 events1 places

Chronological biography

1970

EPA Begins Operations2 December 1970

Government / Government of USA · Administrator · EPA Administrator · Washington

Becomes the first administrator as the Environmental Protection Agency begins operations

1973

Saturday Night Massacre Refusal20 October 1973

Politics / Watergate · Deputy Attorney General · Washington

Refuses to dismiss Archibald Cox after Richardson's resignation and leaves the Justice Department rather than execute Nixon's order.

Titles and roles

Administrator · EPA Administrator · Deputy Attorney General

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.