Bruce Edward Babbitt (born June 27, 1938) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 47th United States Secretary of the Interior from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as the 16th governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987 and was a candidate for President of the United States in the 1988 Democratic ...

He worked to rewrite Arizona groundwater law; helped craft the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Arizona’s alternative to Medicaid; and by proclamation, established the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday for the state.

Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt with two men at the Gainey Ranch Water Treatment dedication in Scottsdale

Bruce Edward Babbitt (born June 27, 1938) is an American politician from the state of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, Babbitt served as the 16th governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987, and as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1993 through 2001.

Bruce Edward Babbitt (born 1938) was governor of Arizona (1978-1987), a presidential candidate (1988), and appointed secretary of the interior (1993) in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton. Born on June 27, 1938, Bruce Babbitt was the second of six children born to Paul J. and Frances Babbitt, and grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona.

The following is an oral history interview with Bruce Babbitt (BB) conducted by Pam Stevenson (PS) for the Historical League, Inc. and video-graphed by Bill Leverton on August 10, 2004 at the law offices of Robbins & Green, Phoenix, Arizona.

Bruce Babbitt served as Secretary of the Interior from 1993 to 2001, as Governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987 and as Attorney General of Arizona from 1975 to 1978. With degrees in geology, geophysics and law, Babbitt was elected to statewide office as

Bruce was the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1993 from 2001, Governor of Arizona from 1978-1987, and Attorney General of Arizona from 1975-1978. In 1988 he was a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for President.

Bruce Babbitt served as governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987 and as secretary of the interior from 1993 to 2001. He received a B.A. in geology from the University of Notre Dame, a M.Sc. in geophysics from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Contributing Institution State of Arizona Research Library- Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Subcollection Summary. Bruce Babbitt was the nineteenth Attorney General for the State of Arizona from 1975-1978.