; Whereas Mr. Ruckelshaus was named by Time magazine in 2008 as among the best Cabinet secretaries in United States history for his work focusing the EPA’s mission and drawing significant public support and visibility for the agency; Whereas Mr. Ruckelshaus later said of his time at the EPA: At EPA, you work for a cause that is beyond self-interest and larger than the goals people normally pursue; You re not there for the money, you re there for something beyond yourself ; Whereas, in 1973, Mr. Ruckelshaus returned to the Department of Justice to serve as the acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and then as top deputy to Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson, where he successfully pursued corruption charges against Vice President Spiro Agnew; Whereas Mr. Ruckelshaus joined Attorney General Elliot Richardson in resigning and refusing to implement President Nixon’s unlawful order to fire the independent special prosecutor investigating Watergate in the 1973 events known as the Saturday Night Massacre ; Whereas Mr. Ruckelshaus’ diverse private sector career included 12 years as chief executive of Browning-Ferris Industries, where he led the company to shift away from the business of hazardous waste disposal and toward recycling operations; Whereas Mr. Ruckelshaus was appointed in 2007 by Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire as the first leader of the Puget Sound Partnership, an environmental agency in Washington State, to organize the cleanup of the Puget Sound and salmon recovery; Whereas the William D. Ruckelshaus Center was established as a joint effort between the University of Washington and Washington State University to foster collaborative public policy in Washington State and the Pacific Northwest and continues to carry on Mr. Ruckelshaus’ legacy by assisting public, private, Tribal, nonprofit, and other leaders to build consensus, resolve conflicts, and develop innovative, shared solutions