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Gerald M. Hansler
Biography
[EPA press release - September 1, 1971]
The appointment of three Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrators was announced today by William D. Ruckelshaus, EPA Administrator.
They are:
Gerald M. Hansler, 38, Summit, New Jersey, Administrator for Region 2, with headquarters in New York City.
John A. Green, 53, Springfield, Virginia, Administrator for Region 8, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado.
Jack E. Ravan, 34, Fairfax, Virginia, Administrator for Region 4, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ruckelshaus said that Hansler, who has been serving as Acting EPA Regional Administrator in region 2, has succeeded in effectively launching EPA programs in this region and has established good relationships with State and local groups.
The EPA Administrator said that Green, Management Assistant to the EPA Assistant Administrator for Categorical Programs, has shown great managerial ability and predicted that Ravan will prove to be a strong and vigorous leader in Region 4.
Hansler, a veteran of 16 years of Federal environmental control activities, will be in charge of all EPA programs in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Hansler, who has degrees in both civil and industrial engineering from the University of Washington, began work in the environmental field in 1955 as a research assistant in water quality studies of the Columbia River Basin.
Hansler has served in New York City since 1967 in a variety of top environmental management posts with the Federal Government. Before joining the Environmental Protection Agency, Hansler was the Assistant Regional Administrator for the Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Services of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. A registered professional engineer in the State of Washington, Hansler is a member of several professional organizations. He and his wife, Leslie, have a seven year old son.
The three new appointments bring to six the number of EPA Regional Administrators announced so far. The other Regional Administrators previously named are Francis T. May, Region 5, with headquarters in Chicago; John McGlennon, Region 1, with headquarters in Boston; and Jerome H. Svore, Region 7, with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.
EPA has 10 regional offices. Selection of the Administrators for the other four regions will be completed shortly.