Charls Walker
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Charls Walker was the Under Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury during the time David M. Kennedy
David M. Kennedy
David Matthew Kennedy was an American businessman, economist and Cabinet secretary.Born in Randolph, Utah, he attended public school and graduated from Weber College, then a Mormon college, in 1928. He served a two-year mission, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to England...

 was Secretary of the Treasury. Later after Kennedy left the position of Secretary of the Treasury Walker served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under John Connolly
John Connolly
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.

Walker received his bachelors and MBA degrees from the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...

. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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 in 1955. He then was a professor for a time at the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...

. He then worked as an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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 and as an executive with Republic National Bank of Dallas. In 1961 he became Executive Vice President of the American Bankers Association
American Bankers Association
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, a position he retained until 1969.

After leaving the Nixon administration Walker established a consulting firm. He has also taught at the Wharton School, Georgetown University
Georgetown University
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, Texas A&M University
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 and Emory University
Emory University
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. He later served as senior advisor to the Center for Deliberate Polling which has dual connections to the University of Texas and Stanford University
Stanford University
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.

Walker married Harmolyn Hart in 1949.

Sources

  • Martin B. Hickman
    Martin B. Hickman
    Martin B. Hickman was the first dean of Brigham Young University's College of Family, Home and Social Sciences.Hickman was born in Monticello, Utah. He graduated from Logan High School and began college at Utah State Agricultural College . He then served in the United States Army as an...

    . David Matthew Kennedy: Banker, Stateman, Churchman. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1987) p. 248.
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