RUSSELL E. TRAIN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/15/1975 - HFSID 189697

RUSSELL E. TRAIN
The government official who brought environmental issues to the forefront of American politics signed this letter to an EPA professional
Typed Letter signed: "Russ" in black ink, 1p, 8x10½. 15 July 1975. Typed on official EPA letterhead.Sent to Mr. Ernie Minor, an official for the Environmental Research Center of the EPA. In Part: "EPA is certainly most fortunate having someone of your experience and capability in arranging such events". American environmentalist Russell E. Train (1920-2012), a WWII veteran and attorney, assisted a number of Congressional committees, including the House Ways and Means Committee, before serving as a U.S. Tax Court Judge (1957-1965). In 1961, Train founded and headed the African Wildlife Leadership Foundation, and he later served as President of the Conservation Foundation (1965-1969). Appointed to the National Water Commission by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, Train was then appointed Under-Secretary of the Interior (1969-1970) by President Richard M. Nixon. From 1973-1977, Train was the second administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Upon his retirement from that agency, Train once again returned to his work with the Conservation Foundation. Train's work in the nonprofit and government sectors helped put environmental issues on the United States president's agenda throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Mailing creases. Otherwise, fine condition.