Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Alan Goodrich II KIRK
Alan G. Kirk II has been sworn into office as the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He is charged with the planning and operations of the overall EPA enforcement program and also is principal legal advisor to the Administrator and the Agency.
Mr. Kirk had been acting Assistant Administrator since April 30, 1973, and was nominated for that office by President Nixon on December 6, 1973. He joined EPA shortly after the Agency was formed and served for over two years as Deputy General Counsel, being responsible for the organization, staffing and operation of the Office of General Counsel.
Prior to coming to EPA, Mr. Kirk served in the Department of the Interior from May 1969 to December 1970. He held the position of Associate Solicitor and later Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior, Walter Hickel.
From 1956 ti 1958, Mr. Kirk was an associate in the Philadelphia law firm of Dechert, Price and Rhoads. He was Assistant Dean of the School of Law, University of Pennsylvania, from 1958 to 1962. From 1962 to 1969, he was General Counsel and an officer of William H. Rorer, Inc., a pharmaceutical manufacturer in suburban Philadelphia.
Born in Rosemont, Pennsylvania on December 15, 1926, Mr. Kirk graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1950 and from the School of Law, University of Pennsylvania in 1956. During World War II he serve as a Merchant Marine Officer and was an artillery officer in the Korean conflict.
Mr. Kirk is married to the former Joan Carr of Carmel, California. They have four children, ages 17 to 5 years old, and live in McLean, Virginia.
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