William Ruckelshaus will be remembered for principled leadership, a legacy he carried from his native Indiana to Washington, D.C., to Washington state.
Ruckelshaus died at the age of 87 last week at his home in the Seattle area, after a career that is most notable for an auxiliary role in the Watergate scandal but was most impactful through his work to protect the environment.
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