Harry N. Walters

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Harry Walters
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
In office
January 5, 1983 – March 21, 1986
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byBob Nimmo
Succeeded by
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
In office
June 1981 – January 5, 1983
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded by
Succeeded byDelbert Spurlock
Personal details
Born(1936-06-04)June 4, 1936
Fostoria, Ohio, U.S.
DiedAugust 19, 2019(2019-08-19) (aged 83)
Coral Springs, Florida, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUnited States Military Academy (BS)

Harry N. Walters (1936-2019) was a United States businessman who served as Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) from 1981 to 1983 and Administrator for the U.S. Veterans Administration from 1983 to 1986.

Biography[]

Harry N. Walters was born on June 4, 1936.[1] He was educated at the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1959.[1] During his time at West Point, he played for the Army Black Knights football team as a fullback blocking for Pete Dawkins.[2] He then served in the United States Army from 1959 to 1963.[1]

Following his army service, Walters joined Kimberly-Clark, first in Neenah, Wisconsin, then in New York City.[1] He left Kimberly-Clark in 1975 to become executive vice president of the in Richmond, Virginia.[1] He then spent 1976-77 as a management consultant with in Dayton, Ohio.[1] In 1977, he became the chief executive officer of the .[1]

In May 1981, President of the United States Ronald Reagan nominated Walters to be Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs).[1] Following Senate confirmation, he held this office until 1983 when he was nominated to be Administrator of the U.S. Veteran's Administration. He received Senate confirmation and served as Administrator from 1983 to 1986.

In 1986, Walters became CEO of the , holding that position until 1993.[2] At the request of the White House, he oversaw the National Victory Celebration held in Washington, D.C. on June 6, 1991, celebrating American victory in the Gulf War.[2] From 2001 to 2003, he was a commissioner on the .[2]

In 2006, Walters was influential in establishing, along with the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Disabled American Veterans (DAV), AMVETS, and Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), a "Commission on the Future for America's Veterans." The Commission was funded and managed independent of government influence and at its conclusion in 2009 proposed a completely new approach for how the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) could be structured - suggesting that it become a "government corporation."

He died on August 19, 2019, in Coral Springs, FL.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Nomination of Harry N. Walters To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Army", May 19, 1981
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Profile from SecureSymbology". Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  3. ^ https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailypress/obituary.aspx?n=harry-ned-walters&pid=193708725
Political offices
Preceded by
 Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
1981–1983 		Succeeded by
Delbert Spurlock
Preceded by
Bob Nimmo 		Administrator of Veterans Affairs
1983–1986 		Succeeded by
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