George T. Frampton Explained

George T. Frampton Jr.
Office:Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality
President:Bill Clinton
Term Start:1998
Term End:2001
Predecessor:Kathleen McGinty
Successor:James L. Connaughton
Birth Name:George Thomas Frampton Jr.
Birth Date:24 August 1944
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma Mater:Yale University (BA)
London School of Economics (MSc)
Harvard University (JD)
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Carla D'Arista
Children:2
Office2:Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks
Termstart2:December 10, 1993
Termend2:October 10, 1996
Successor2:Harold Craig Manson
President2:Bill Clinton
Office3:President of the Wilderness Society
Term3:1989–1993

George Thomas Frampton Jr. (born August 24, 1944) is an American attorney, environmentalist, and government official who served 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.[1] He was Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks from December 10, 1993 to October 10, 1996, and served as president of the Wilderness Society from 1989 to 1993.[2]

Early life and education

The son of a legal scholar, Frampton was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in White Plains, New York, Belmont, Massachusetts, and Urbana, Illinois. He graduated from University High School in 1961, and graduated from Yale College with a BA in physics and philosophy in 1965.[3] [4] He then earned an M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics, specializing in advanced economic theory. In 1969, he graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was the treasurer of the Harvard Law Review.[5]

Career

After Harvard, Frampton served as a lawyer for VISTA in New York and then as a consultant on a Middle East peace project under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee, the Ford Foundation, and Professor Roger Fisher of Harvard Law School. In 1971 he became a law clerk to Supreme Court of the United States Justice Harry A. Blackmun, where he was involved in Blackmun’s opinions in Roe v. Wade among others.[6] [7] [8] Frampton served, from 1973 to 1975, as an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force at the U.S. Department of Justice.[9] [10] In that position, he worked on the grand jury investigation and trial of President Richard M. Nixon’s top aides in the Watergate cover-up.[11] He and a colleague, Richard Ben-Veniste, co-authored Stonewall: The real story of the Watergate prosecution (1977).[12] [13] [14]

Frampton subsequently served as special counsel to the State of Alaska in an investigation of Governor Bill Sheffield and his chief of staff; as an assistant independent counsel to Independent Counsel Jacob A. Stein in the investigation of U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese; and deputy director and chief of staff for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Special Inquiry Group that conducted the agency’s investigation into the Three Mile Island accident.[15] [16] From 1978 until 1985, Frampton was a partner at the Washington, D.C., law firm Rogovin, Huge & Lenzner, focusing on complex and public interest litigation.[16] He served as counsel to independent presidential candidate John B. Anderson in 1980 in a litigation campaign that succeeded in getting Anderson on the ballot in all 50 states.[17]

In 1986, Frampton was named president of The Wilderness Society.[18] [19] [20] He served in that capacity until 1993 when he was nominated by President Clinton to be Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Interior for fish, wildlife and parks.[21] [22] [23] Frampton was engaged in a range of issues, including Everglades restoration, the regional plan for preservation of Old Growth Forests, wolf reintroduction, and the development of the first multi-species habitat conservation plans under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.[24] [25] [26] [27] He was the lead federal trustee on the Exxon Valdez Oil Trustee Council and helped develop a strategy with Governor Wally Hickel of Alaska to spend more than half the fund purchasing Native corporation lands and bringing them into the federal and state conservation systems.[28] [29] In 1997, he resigned as Assistant Secretary.[30]

In 1997, as Clinton’s second term was beginning, Frampton represented Vice President Al Gore as his personal counsel in the preliminary investigation into Gore’s fundraising activities, and served as corporate advisor to the EarthSat.[31] Within a year, President Clinton had named Frampton the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, and he served in that position until Clinton’s departure in January 2001.[32] [33] [34]

After leaving public service, Frampton moved to New York City and was a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP until 2009, also working as operating advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors. From 2009 to 2014, Frampton was senior of counsel at Covington & Burling in the firm’s climate and clean energy practice.[35] [36]

Frampton is a co-founder of the Partnership for Responsible Growth, a non-profit, along with former Congressman Walt Minnick and former Ambassador William Eacho.[37] [38] [39] In 2017, the Partnership for Responsible Growth advocated for a carbon tax in a series of advertisements.[40] [41]

Personal life

Frampton is married to Carla D'Arista and lives in Washington, D.C. and Aspen, Colorado.[42] [43] [44] Previously, he was married to Betsy Kimmelman (Karel), a Barnard College-educated photographer.[45] [46] [47] They have two children: Adam and Thomas.[48]

Selected publications

Books

Articles

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Marcus . Ruth . Bork's Role in Watergate Disputed . February 2, 2019 . Washington Post . September 30, 1987.
  2. Web site: George Frampton. The Keeling Curve Prize. en-US. 2020-03-22.
  3. Web site: Uni Graduating Classes 1961-1970 . University of Illinois Laboratory High School . https://web.archive.org/web/20150802204927/http://www.uni.illinois.edu/alumni/Class1961-70.shtml . August 2, 2015 . dead . October 23, 2022. Entry for class of 1961, George Thomas Frampton Jr.
  4. Web site: 50th Reunion Panel Presentations: Climate Change: What's Next? . Yale University Class of 1965 . Yale1965.org . August 25, 2018.
  5. Lazarus . Richard J. . A Greener Shade of Crimson: Law and the Environment Alumni Forum . Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. . 2000 . 24 . 317–350 . August 25, 2018.
  6. Book: Browder . Sue Ellen . Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women's Movement . 2015 . Ignatius Press . 978-1586177966 . 93–94 . registration . george frampton jr. . August 24, 2018.
  7. Shenkman . Michael L. . Talking About Speech or Debate: Revisiting Legislative Immunity . Yale Law & Policy Review . 2013 . 32 . 2 . 352–425, 374 fn 106 . August 24, 2018.
  8. News: Lewis . Finlay . Terms of Estrangement . August 25, 2018 . Washington Post . July 9, 1995.
  9. News: Milano . Brett . From Watergate to Russian election hacking, former special prosecutors reflect on the role of independent counsels . August 24, 2018 . Harvard Law Today . Harvard Law School . November 13, 2017.
  10. Hazard Jr. . Geoffrey C. . Book Review of Reform of Court Rule-Making Procedures.By Jack B. Weinstein . Yale Law Journal . 1978 . 87 . 6 . 1272–1318, 1294, fn 35 . August 25, 2018.
  11. News: Matthews . Mark . Interview: Former Watergate Prosecutor Says Trump Likely Would Not Survive Saturday Night Massacre . August 24, 2018 . NBC News Bay Area . July 31, 2017.
  12. Nessen . Maurice M. . Reviewed Work: Stonewall: The Real Story of the Watergate Prosecution by Richard Ben-Veniste, George Frampton, Jr . Columbia Law Review . October 1977 . 77 . 6 . 963–975 . 10.2307/1121984 . 1121984 .
  13. News: Martin . Douglas . Frank H. Strickler, Watergate Defense Lawyer, Dies at 92 . August 25, 2018 . New York Times . April 9, 2012.
  14. News: Samuelsohn . Darren . Beach reading for a summer of scandal . August 25, 2018 . Politico . July 1, 2017.
  15. Book: Frampton Jr. . George . Rogovin . Mitchell . Three Mile Island: a report to the Commissioners and to the public, Volume 1 . 1980 . U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Special Inquiry Group . Washington, D.C. . August 25, 2018.
  16. News: Bruske . Ed . Prosecutor Moves . August 25, 2018 . Washington Post . October 29, 1984.
  17. Book: Mason . Jim . No Holding Back: The 1980 John B. Anderson Presidential Campaign . 2011 . University Press of America . 9780761852261 . 270, 455 . August 28, 2018.
  18. Web site: George T. Frampton Jr . The Wilderness Society . August 24, 2018.
  19. News: Parrish . Michael . Exxon Reaches $1.1-Billion Spill Settlement Deal . August 25, 2018 . Los Angeles Times . October 1, 1991.
  20. News: May . Lee . Would Double Tree Harvest by Year 2030 : Reagan Seeks Expanded Timber Policy . August 25, 2018 . Los Angeles Times . September 20, 1986.
  21. Web site: President Clinton Names George Frampton Assistant Secretary of the Interior-Fish and Wilfdlife and Parks . Historical Documents: FWS Press Release . United States Fish and Wildlife Service . August 24, 2018 . February 23, 1993.
  22. Web site: Perry . M.C. . The History of Patuxent: America's Wildlife Research Story (Circular 1422) . U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Department of the Interior . 2016. August 25, 2018 . 10 . This arrangement between the USFWS and the NBS was approved by Under Secretary of the Interior George Frampton, Jr., and was commonly called the Frampton Agreement..
  23. News: Barr . Stephen . Park Service Plan to Downsize Sparks Disputes : Government: Internal debate slows agency's efforts to deal with Administration's directive to shrink work force. . August 25, 2018 . Los Angeles Times . Washington Post . September 25, 1994.
  24. News: Healy . Melissa . U.S. Decides to Reintroduce Gray Wolves to Rockies : Conservation: Animals will run wild in Yellowstone and other wilderness areas. Some ranchers worry about danger to livestock . August 25, 2018 . Los Angeles Times . May 5, 1994.
  25. Bechtold . Timothy . Listing the Bull Trout under the Endangered Species Act: The Passive-Aggressive Strategy of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to Prevent Protecting Warranted Species . Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. . 1999 . 20 . 99–129, 123. Criticizing Frampton's approach to the ESA.
  26. News: Grey . Colin . U.S. wants to bring Pandas here again . August 24, 2018 . Houston Chronicle . March 31, 1995.
  27. Jacobs . Sharon B. . The Administrative State's Passive Virtues . Admin. L. Rev. . 2014 . 66 . 565–625, 587 .
  28. Book: Hunt . Joe . Mission Without a Map . 2010 . EVOS Trustee Council . 118 . August 24, 2018.
  29. Web site: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Settlement Trustee Council Meeting Transcript . State of Alaska . August 25, 2018 . January 31, 1994.
  30. Nominations in the Senate . Congressional Record, 105th Congress, 1st Session . November 7, 1997 . 143 . 155 . S12070–S12071 .
  31. News: Willman . David . Gore Hires Two Private Lawyers in Donor Probe . August 25, 2018 . Los Angeles Times . September 20, 1997.
  32. Web site: Council on Environmental Quality-Bio for George Frampton . Clinton Whitehouse . August 24, 2018.
  33. Nominations in the Senate . Congressional Record, 106th Congress, 2nd Session . September 28, 2000 . 146 . 118 . S9558 . August 24, 2018.
  34. News: Lehmann . Evan . Chemnick . Jean . Obama's climate legacy: 8 years of troubles and triumphs . August 24, 2018 . EENews.com (Energy & Environment News) . January 20, 2017.
  35. Web site: Schned. Dan . Infrastructure Now: Reforming America's Broken Infrastructure Approval Process, Speakers-George Frampton Jr., Covington & Burling . America2050.org . November 15, 2013. August 25, 2018.
  36. Web site: Entry for George Frampton Jr. at Covington & Burling . Lawyerdb.org . August 25, 2018.
  37. News: Farhi . Paul . Wall Street Journal accepts environmentalist ad but charges extra . August 24, 2018 . Washington Post . June 14, 2016.
  38. News: Schwab . Jennifer . The Blog: Trifecta: A Carbon Tax Done Right . August 24, 2018 . Huffington Post . April 18, 2016.
  39. News: Ip . Greg . The Narrow Path to a Carbon Tax . August 25, 2018 . Wall Street Journal . December 23, 2015.
  40. News: Kastrenakes . Jacob . Conservatives are trolling Trump with climate change ads on Fox News and Morning Joe . August 24, 2018 . The Verge . May 1, 2017.
  41. News: Pierre-Louis . Kendra . These conservatives want to convince you that climate change is real . August 24, 2018 . Popular Science . May 1, 2017.
  42. News: Cunningham . Bill . Evening Hours: Trophy Time . August 25, 2018 . New York Times . November 14, 2010.
  43. Web site: List of Members-President's Society . Aspen Institute . August 25, 2018 . Carla D’Arista Frampton and George T. Frampton, Jr..
  44. News: Robert D'Artista, 58, Dies . August 25, 2018 . Washington Post . October 16, 1987.
  45. News: Miss Betsy Kimmelman to Be Married on April 3 . August 27, 2018 . New York Times . March 14, 1971.
  46. News: George T. Frampton Jr. Marries Betsy Kimmelman . August 24, 2018 . New York Times . April 4, 1971.
  47. Web site: Works by Betsy Karel (Betsy Frampton) . National Gallery of Art . August 27, 2018.
  48. Web site: Posts by Thomas Frampton . Harvard Law Review Blog . August 26, 2018.

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