Background
Walker, George Kontz was born on July 8, 1938 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Henry and Catherine Louise (Indorf) Walker.
Walker, George Kontz was born on July 8, 1938 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Henry and Catherine Louise (Indorf) Walker.
Bachelor, University Alabama, 1959. Bachelor of Laws, Vanderbilt University, 1966. AM, Duke University, 1968.
Master of Laws, University Virginia, 1972. Postgraduate (Sterling fellow), Law School Yale University, 1976.
Law clerk, United States District Court, Richmond, Virginia, 1966-1967; associate, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, 1967-1970; private practice, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1970-1971; assistant professor Law School, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1972-1973; associate professor Law School, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1974-1977; professor Law School, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, since 1977; member board advisors Divinity School, Wake Forest U., 1991-1994; Charles H. Stockton professor international law, United States Naval War College, 1992-1993. Visiting professor Marshall-Wythe School Law, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1979-1980, U. Alabama Law School, 1985. Consultant Naval War College, since 1976, National Defense Executive Reserve, since 1991, Naval War College, Operational Law Advisory Board, since 1993.
With United States Navy, 1959-1962, captain United States Naval Reserve, retired. Master: American Inns. Court, Bench, American Inns Court.
Member: American Bar Association, Joseph Branch American Inns Court (magister of bench), American Institute Court, International Institute Humanitarian Law, Maritime Law Association (proctor,), American Law Institute, Order of Barristers (honorary), American Judicature Society, International Law Association (executive committee American branch since 2001), American Society International Law (executive council 1988-1991), North Carolina Bar Association (vice president 1997-1998), Virginia Bar Association, Piedmont Club, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif (honorary).
Married Phyllis Ann Sherman, July 30, 1966. Children: Charles Edward, Mary Neel.