Background
Waller was born to an African American family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on December 17, 1937.
Waller was born to an African American family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on December 17, 1937.
He graduated from Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1959 with a bachelor"s degree and from Shippensburg College of Pennsylvania with a master"s degree in public administration in 1978.
Waller spent 32 years in the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War. Persian Gulf War
Waller was the deputy commander-in-chief for military operations with United States Central Command (Forward), during the Persian Gulf War. Fort Lewis and retirement
Position on "Don"t Ask Don"t Tell"
Waller was vehemently opposed to allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces.
During the 1993 United States. Senate hearings on allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the United States military, Waller vigorously opposed lieutenant
He declared that "to compare service in American"s armed forces with the integration of avowed homosexuals is personally offensive."
After retiring from the military, Waller moved to Denver, Colorado and served as the president and chief executive officer of an environmental technology company, RKK Limited. He then became the senior vice president for the Department of Energy Programs for the International Coach Federation Kaiser Environmental and Energy Group.
In July 1995, Waller became the Kaiser-Hill vice president for site operations and integration at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. Death
Waller died in Washington, District of Columbia on May 9, 1996, at the age of 58, due to complications from a heart attack.
Upon learning of his death, United States. President Bill Clinton said, "His rise from humble beginnings to one of the highest-ranking African American officers in the United States. military through stalwart determination and a record of excellence served as an inspiration to minority and non-minority officers." President Clinton also cited Waller"s reputation as a "skillful and disciplined professional and a caring, enthusiastic commander.".