Background
Walker, Daniel Joshua was born on November 27, 1915 in Gibson, North Carolina, United States. Son of Daniel Joshua and Annie (Hurdle) Walker.
Walker, Daniel Joshua was born on November 27, 1915 in Gibson, North Carolina, United States. Son of Daniel Joshua and Annie (Hurdle) Walker.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1936, Juris Doctor, 1948.
Bar: North Carolina 1948, United States District Court (middle district) North Carolina 1956, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit) 1956. Clerk of Superior Court of Alamance County, Graham, North Carolina, 1948-1953. Partner firm Long, Ridge, Harris & Walker, Graham, 1953-1967.
County attorney Alamance County, 1964-1977, countymgr., 1971-1976.
Senior member firm Walker Harris & Pierce, Graham, 1967-1971. Partner firm. Allen & Walker and predecessor, Burlington, North Carolina, 1977-1991.
Private practice, Graham, 1991. Of counsel Floyd, Allen & Jacobs, Greensboro and Burlington, 1991.
Member Human Rels. Council of Alamance County, 1963-1971, chairman, 1970. Member North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, 1972-1977. Member North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee, 1958-1966.
Member of advisory board Salvation Army,1980, chairman, 1990-1991.
Served to captain Army of the United States, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. DecoratedBronze Star.
Member Alamance County Chamber of C. (president 1981), American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, Alamance County Bar Association (president 1977-1978), North Carolina Association County Attorneys (president 1972, named County Att. of Year 1971), 15th Judicial District.Bar Association (president 1967-1968), Phi Alpha Delta. Lodge: Burlington Kiwanis (president 1957, named Alamance County Citizen of Year 1969).
Married Sarah Elizabeth Nicholson, June 14, 1941.