William Ruckelshaus è nato il 24 luglio 1932. Luogo di nascita: Usa. È stata sposato con Jill Ruckelshaus e Ellen Urban. Morì il 27 novembre 2019. Luogo di morte: Usa.
He received a law degree from Harvard in 1960, then joined his family's Indianapolis law firm. He was appointed state deputy attorney general and was counsel with the Indiana Board of Health, where he took legal action against companies polluting rivers and lakes.