With ex-Assistant Atty. Gen. Ruckelshaus as its 1st administrator, the EPA came into being under this Republican pres.
[DOC] [TLE] William Ruckelshaus Oral History Interview Part 1 | Video | C-SPAN ... [PAR] Apr 12, 2007 ... WilliamRuckelshaus talks about his early years with the Nixon ... his career in 
the Nixon administration as the assistant attorney general.