George T. Frampton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

George T. Frampton

American lawyer

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1944

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: lawyer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

George Thomas Frampton Jr.
(born August 24, 1944) is an American attorney, environmentalist, and government official who served under President Bill Clinton as Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and then from 1998 until 2001 as Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality.
He is currently a co-founder of an environmental advocacy non-profit, Partnership for Responsible Growth.
He cowrote a book on Watergate and has authored newspaper columns on subjects including environmental issues and ballot access for independent candidates.
Frampton was an assistant special prosecutor during the Watergate investigation and later accused Robert Bork of making misleading and untenable statements about his role during the Nixon administration and Watergate Scandal in 1987 when Bork was a nominee for a seat on the U.S.
Supreme Court.
He was Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife at Department of the Interior from December 10, 1993 - October 10, 1996, was president, of the Wilderness Society from 1989 until 1993 and has had numerous appearances on C-Span to discuss issues such as conflicts between private property and environmental protections, the cleanup of Prince William Sound in the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Endangered Species Act reauthorization and environmental initiatives.
One such appearance was with Secretary Babbit to talk about the initiative to purchase lands for national parks, battlefields, and land conservation.