Background

Walker, Keith Lee was born on June 24, 1923 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Son of Willard Porter and Elizabeth (Tallmon) Walker.

Education

Student, San Jose State College, 1942. Student, University California, Davis, 1943. Student, California Polytechnic College, 1944.

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Journalism, Iowa State College, 1946.

Career

Reporter Palo Alto Times, 1946-1947. Assistant editor Menlo Park (California) Recorder, 1947-1948. Expediter Stanford (California) University Press, 1949-1950.

Reporter Burlingame (California) Advance, 1950-1955. Courthouse reporter Peninsula Newspapers, Inc., Redwood City, California, 1955-1979. Writer Sonora and Santa Rosa, 1979-1994.

Author, public Golden Door Press, Santa Rosa, since 1994.

Works

• book

  • A Trail of Corn

    (How could a man be guilty of kidnaping and killing a 14-y...)

  • The Dilapidated Dragon

    (Book by Keith Walker)

  • A Trail of Corn Hardcover April, 1995

Interests

• Other Interests

  Home crafts, wood splitting, auto maintenance.

Connections

Married Mary Roberta Sheehan, July 27, 1946 (divorced January 1974). Children: Linda Lee Walker Kelly, Mary Roberta Walker Duggan, Marcella Kathryn Walker McCleary, Daniel Keith. Married Anne Therese Schlaadt, March 9, 1974.

1 child, Laurie Anne Walker Brenner.

father:

Willard Porter Walker

mother:

Elizabeth (Tallmon) Walker

spouses:

Anne Therese Schlaadt

Mary Roberta Sheehan

children:

Linda Lee Walker Kelly Walker

Mary Roberta Walker Duggan Walker

Daniel Keith Walker

Laurie Anne Walker Brenner Walker

Marcella Kathryn Walker McCleary Walker