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Timothy B. Atkeson
Biography
[EPA press release - August 1, 1989]
Timothy B. Atkeson was confirmed yesterday by the U.S. Senate to be Assistant Administrator for International Affairs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a new position that replaces that of Associate Administrator. He has been involved in international issues since 1970 in government and the private sector.
"Our ambitious international environmental agenda will be well served by Tim Atkeson," EPA Administrator William K. Reilly said. "He brings to this newly elevated position the background to play a strong role on global environmental issues and the experience to help make a difference in the developing world. I look forward to working with him."
In 1958, Atkeson began a three-year term as Deputy General Counsel with the U.S. Development Loan Fund, followed by a year as Regional Legal Advisor for Latin America, Agency for International Development. From 1967 to 1969, he was the first General Counsel of the Asian Development Bank in Manila, the Philippines. In 1988, he served as Special Counsel to the High Level Review Committee at the Inter-American Development Bank.
When the Council on Environmental Quality was created in 1970 in the Executive Office of the President, Atkeson was appointed General Counsel and served there until 1973. He became General Counsel of the congressional Office of Technology Assessment in 1974.
Atkeson has been a partner with the law firm of Steptoe and Johnson in Washington, D.C., since 1975 and was an associate and a partner there between 1962 and 1967. He also was an associate with the Philadelphia law firm of Dechert, Price and Rhoads from 1952 to 1957.
Atkeson was the co-author of "Superfund Deskbook," published in 1986, and "Superfund: Litigation and Cleanup," published in 1985. He has also taught environmental law at Georgetown Law School, Dartmouth College and Catholic University Law School.
A resident of Washington, D.C., Atkeson was born in Philadelphia in 1927, graduated from Haverford College in 1947, attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar from 1947 to 1949 and received a law degree from Yale University in 1952.
He is married to Paula Granger. They have one daughter and seven sons.