Babbitt, Bruce E.

Bruce E. Babbitt was born in 1938 and was raised in Flagstaff where his family lived and worked as ranchers and traders. As a student, he attended the Notre Dame University and the University of New Castle where he pursued an education in geology and geophysics. Later he shifted his attention to law and politics and attended Harvard Law School.

Babbitt enjoyed an active political career both at the state and national levels. From 1975 to 1978 Babbitt served as Arizona’s Attorney General. From 1978 to 1987 he served as Governor of Arizona. In 1988 he staged a failed bid for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President. During the Carter administration, Babbitt served on the President’s Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island. In 1993 he was appointed the United States Secretary of the Interior by Bill Clinton, where he served until 2001.

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