Background
Babbitt, Bruce Edward was born on June 27, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
lawyer secretary of the interior United States Secretary of the Interior
Babbitt, Bruce Edward was born on June 27, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, University Notre Dame. Master of Science, University Newcastle, England, 1962. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1965.
Associate Brown & Bain, Phoenix, 1965-1974. Attorney general State of Arizona, 1975-1978, governor, 1978-1987. Partner Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Phoenix.
Secretary United States Department Interior, Washington, 1993-2001. Of counsel, environmental department Latham & Watkins LLP, since 2001. Member President's Commission on Accident at Three Mile Island, 1979-1980.
Chairman Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee, 1980-1981, Western governments' Policy Office, 1982. Member Advisory Commission on Intergovtl. Relations, 1980-1984.
Chairman task force on federal budget deficit Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies, 1984. Chairman National Groundwater Policy Forum, since 1984, World Wildlife Fund United States, since 2006.
Trustee Dougherty Foundation. Candidate for Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. Member National Governors Association (chairman subcommittee on water resources), Democratic Governors Association (chairman 1985).
Son of Paul J. Babbitt & Frances B. Married Harriet (Hattie) Coons, 1969. Children: Christopher, T.J.