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ROBERT NORDHAUS

Washington, District of Columbia

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 ROBERT RIGGS NORDHAUS  Died on Saturday, December 24, 2016 at his home in Washington, DC at the age of 79 from complications of prostate cancer. A 1963 graduate of Yale Law School, Bob helped craft much of the groundbreaking federal energy and environmental legislation of the 1970s and...

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I got to know Bob when he was General Counsel at the Department of Energy and I was a political appointee in the office of energy efficiency and renewable energy. I always found him to be very special - with wise advice and a dry sense of humor. I know that he will be missed by family and close friends. He was a very special person.

I knew and worked with Bob for only a few short years, but my memory of his intelligence and commitment to what he deemed important has lasted for almost forty years. My condolences to the family.

Bob was a great teacher. I know. He taught me everything I know about well crafted laws and regulations.