Appointment of Earl Walker as a Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships

The President today announced his intention to appoint Earl Walker to be a member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. He would succeed Judith Anne Walter.

Since 1981 Dr. Walker has been a permanent associate professor of American politics and public policy at the U.S. Military Academy. He was a visiting USMA professor and fellow in the Department of Public Policy at the National War College at Fort McNair in Washington, DC, 1984-1985; a White House fellow at the Department of Energy and in the White House Office of Policy Development, 1980-1981; and an assistant professor and instructor at the U.S. Military Academy, 1975-1979.

Dr. Walker graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (B.S., 1967), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.A., 1973; Ph.D., 1980). He is married, has two children, and resides in West Point, NY. Dr. Walker was born February 28, 1944, in Decatur, IL.