Russell Errol Train (1920-2012)

He led the Council on Environmental Quality under President Nixon and then the Environmental Protection Agency under Gerald Ford. Born in Jamestown, Rhode Island, he graduated from Princeton University (B.A., 1941) and Columbia University Law School (J.D., 1948). From 1949 to 1956, he was Attorney, Chief Counsel, and Minority Advisor on various Congressional committees and then Assistant to the Secretary and Head of the Legal Advisory Staff for the Treasury Department (1956-57). He was a Judge for the U.S. Tax Court (1957-65); President of The Conservation Foundation (1965-69); Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior (1969-70; and Chairman of the newly formed Council on Environmental Quality (1970-73).

He served as the second EPA Administrator, from September 1973 to January 1977. During this time, he supported EPA's expansion of interest in international affairs; the approval of the catalytic converter to achieve Clean Air Act automobile emission reductions; the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); and EPA's work to balance the demands of the energy crisis with environmental issues. After leaving EPA he served as President of the World Wildlife Fund-U.S. (WWF - U.S.) from 1978 to 1985, and as its Chairman from 1985 to 1994. During 1988 he also worked as Co-Chairman of Conservationists for Bush, and from 1990 to 1992 as Chairman of the National Commission on the Environment. From 1994 to 2012, Train was Chairman Emeritus of WWF - U.S. He was Trustee Emeritus for the African Wildlife Foundation which he founded in 1961, and as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Washington Institute on Foreign Affairs, and the Atlantic Council. He was married and had four children.