Russell E. Train

Russell Train
2nd Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office September 12, 1973 – January 20, 1977
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Deputy	John R. Quarles Jr.
Preceded by	William Ruckelshaus
Succeeded by	Douglas M. Costle
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality
In office January 1, 1970 – September 12, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Russell W. Peterson
Personal details
Born	Russell Errol Train (1920-06-04)June 4, 1920 Jamestown, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died	September 17, 2012(2012-09-17) (aged 92) Bozman, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Aileen Bowdoin Travers
Parent	Charles R. Train (father)
Relatives	Charles J. Train (grandfather) Charles R. Train (great-grandfather)
Education	Princeton University (AB) Columbia University (LLB)

Russell Errol Train (June 4, 1920 – September 17, 2012) was the second administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), from September 1973 to January 1977 and the founder chairman emeritus of World Wildlife Fund (WWF).^[1][2] As the second head of the EPA under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, Train helped place the issue of the environment on the presidential and national agenda in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a key period in the environmental movement. He was a conservative who reached out to the business community and Republicans. He promulgated the idea that as the economy of the nation was growing quickly, public as well as private projects should consider and evaluate the environmental impacts of their actions.^[3][4]