Background
III, George Herbert Walker was born on March 16, 1931 in St. Louis. Son of George H. and Mary (Carter) W.
Investment banking company executive lawyer
III, George Herbert Walker was born on March 16, 1931 in St. Louis. Son of George H. and Mary (Carter) W.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1953; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1956.
General partner, G.H. Walker & Company (later G.H. Walker, Laird Inc.), 1961-1974;
senior vice president, also board directors, White, Weld & Company Inc., 1974-1975;
Chairman, Board Of Directors, G.H. Walker & Company, 1973-1974;
executive vice president, Stifel Nicolaus & Company, 1976-1978;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Stifel Nicolaus & Company, 1978-1992;
chairman, Stifel Nicolaus & Company, since 1982;
also board directors, Stifel Nicolaus & Company. Civilian aide to secretary United States Army for Eastern Missouri, 1973-1980. Board directors Laidlaw Corporation, Laclede Steel Company, Eck-Adams Corporation.
Board of Governors Midwest StockExch., 1982-1988.
Board of directors Downtown St. Louis Inc., 1975-1990, chairman, 1984-1986. Board dirs.Webster U., Chairman of the Board, 1987-1992. Trustee Missouri History Society, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1972-1992, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association, 1992.
Vestryman St. Ann's Church, Kennebunkport, Maine. Member Missouri Republican Control Committee, since 1983. Advisory board St. Louis Area county Boy Scouts American, since 1989.
Trustee investment trust Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. Honorary board directors Anti-Drug Abuse Education Fund, Inc., since 1990. Board directors St. Louis Zoo, 1992.
With United States Air Force, 1956-1958. Member Rotary (St. Louis club).
Married Sandra E. Canning, December 23, 1955 (divorced October 1962). Children: Mary Elizabeth, Wendy, Isabelle. Married Kimberly Gedge, July 27, 1968 (divorced January 1977).
Children: George H. IV, Carter. Married Carol Banta, February 21, 1987.