William D. Ruckelshaus William D. Ruckelshaus was a Republican known for his unwavering integrity and steadfast commitment to advancing business interests alongside environmental protection. He had a ...

William D. Ruckelshaus came to UW in 1993 at the invitation of U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson to serve as a founding chairman on the board of a new institute dedicated to collaborative problem solving for ...

Founding partner Henry Diamond was appointed as New York’s first state commissioner of environmental conservation, and cofounder William Ruckelshaus served as the first head of the Environmental ...

Both Richardson and his deputy, William Ruckelshaus, refused the president’s order and resigned. (It was Robert Bork, the then solicitor general, who ultimately carried out the order.) The refusals ...