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Nomination of John M. Walker, Jr., To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

May 13, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate John M. Walker, Jr., to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Enforcement and Operations).

Since 1975 Mr. Walker has been a partner with the firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn of New York, N.Y. In 1970-75 he was assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Walker was an associate with the firm of Davis, Polk and Wardwell in 1969-70, and in 1966-68 was assigned to the Attorney General, Republic of Botswana, through the Africa-Asia Fellowship Program, administered by the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He previously served as a staff aide to Senator John Sherman Cooper (R-Ky.).

Mr. Walker was graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1962) and the University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1966). He served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in 1963-67.

Mr. Walker is married and resides in New York City. He was born on December 26, 1940, in New York.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of John M. Walker, Jr., To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247422

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