26 Facts About Russell Train

Russell Errol Train was the second administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, from September 1973 to January 1977 and the founder chairman emeritus of World Wildlife Fund .

Russell Train was a conservative who reached out to the business community and Republicans.

Russell Train 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.

Russell Train was trained in the ways of Washington from an early age.

Russell Train's father had an office at the White House, where he served as President Herbert Hoover's Naval aide.

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Young Russell Train attended the Potomac School and then the St Albans School and graduated in 1937.

Russell Train remained in the Army for four years during World War II, stationed both home and overseas and ending up on Okinawa.

Russell Train attained the rank of major, before being discharged in 1946.

Early in his career, Train served from 1949 to 1956 as Attorney, Chief Counsel, and Minority Advisor on various Congressional committees and from 1956 to 1957 as Assistant to the Secretary and Head of the Legal Advisory Staff for the U S Treasury Department.

In 1954, Russell Train married the former Aileen Bowdoin Travers; they became the parents to four children – Nancy, Emily, Bowdoin and Errol.

Russell Train was a judge for the U S Tax Court from 1957 to 1965, one of several appointments which went against a previously observed Senate Resolution prohibiting the appointment to that body of persons recently employed by the Treasury Department.

In 1959, Russell Train founded the Wildlife Leadership Foundation in hopes of establishing effective wildlife parks and reserves.

Russell Train helped establish the College of African Wildlife Management at Mweka, Tanzania.

Russell Train was President of The Conservation Foundation from 1965 to 1969.

In 1966, Russell Train became a member of the National Water Commission, charged by Congress with reviewing national water policies.

In 1968, Train was selected to serve as Chairman, Task Force on Environment for U S President-elect Richard M Nixon.

Russell Train served as Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior from 1969 to 1970.

Russell Train opened a dialog on global environmental issues with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, marking the birth of modern American environmental diplomacy Nixon pursued environmental diplomacy to garner domestic political support.

In 1985, Russell Train became chairman of the board of directors of World Wildlife Fund and The Conservation Foundation and served as chairman until 1994.

Russell Train was named chairman of WWF's National Council from 1994 to 2001.

In 1981, Russell Train was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.

In 1991, Russell Train received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his work in conservation.

In 2001, Russell Train received the 7th Annual Heinz Award Chairman's Medal, 2001, a prestigious prize honoring individuals who have made extraordinary achievements on issues of importance.

Russell Train was recognized as "a tireless advocate for the cause of the environment since 1961… the architect of an environmental agenda without parallel in history in its scope…and as a "truly outstanding example of how a single life can make a difference in the world.

Russell Train collected printed books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, artifacts, and artwork on African exploration, big-game hunting, natural history, and wildlife conservation, dating primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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The Russell Train Collection is particularly strong in archival materials on the following topics: the search for the source of the Nile and the progress of other exploring expeditions in Africa; the collecting of specimens of African animals, plants, and ethnological materials for zoos and museums ; and the growth of the African wildlife conservation movement.