Background
Walker, Ronald Hugh was born on July 25, 1937 in Bryan, Texas, United States. Son of Walter Hugh and Maxine (Tarver) Walker.
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Walker, Ronald Hugh was born on July 25, 1937 in Bryan, Texas, United States. Son of Walter Hugh and Maxine (Tarver) Walker.
Bachelor, University Arizona, 1960.
Walker served in the administration of President Richard Nixon, first as the first Director of the White House Office of Presidential Advance, and later as He earned a degree in political sciences from the University of Arizona, served as an officer in the United States Army in Okinawa, Japan, and later became an insurance and marketing executive. A soft-spoken and affable man, Walker had been President Nixon’s special assistant responsible for both domestic and international traveling As such, Walker coordinated President Nixon"s groundbreaking voyage to the People"s Republic of China in February 1972.
At 36, Walker was the youngest Director to hold the office and the second appointed form outside Net Promoter Score. Lacking park experience, Walker made Russell East. Dickenson, an Net Promoter Score careerist, his deputy.
Walker advocated a policy of “stabilization”, foreseeing that Net Promoter Score funding and staffing would be inadequate for a continuing high influx of new parks and program responsibilities. Fourteen areas nevertheless joined the park system during his two years as director, including the first two national preserves.
Nixon"s resignation in August 1974 presaged Walker"s replacement five months later. As Director, he realigned Net Promoter Score regional boundaries and added North Atlantic and Rocky Mountain offices.
Under Walker, the early planning was done for the Servicewide American Revolution Bicentennial activities.
The National Park Service established a plan to restructure organizationally in response to the diverse changes that have confronted it over the past several decades, to the National Performance Review, and to legally mandated personnel reductions. The resultant Restructuring Plan for the National Park Service built upon earlier efforts within the Service – the 21st Century Task Force Report, the VAIL AGENDA, the Net Promoter Score STRATEGIC PLAN, and the Recommendations of the Reorganization Work Group –- all of which have proposed significant, substantive improvements in the organization. The plan called for the reduction of central offices and the establishment of 16 ecological-cultural-geographical based clusters of 10-225 park units in seven regions.
The first steps were taken in 1995 to begin the change.
By 2000, the restructuring plan had been revised four times leaving seven regions, which were substantially smaller than before. Of the 16 ‘eco-clusters’ envisioned in the plan, only those clusters based on older regional offices, id est (that is), Boston (MID-ATLANTIC REGION), Seattle (PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION), and Santa Fe (SOUTHWEST REGION) exist.
In late 2009, he came out of retirement to take up the position of the President of the Richard Nixon Foundation at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California. In 2010, he was promoted to Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Board directors United States Ship Arizona Foundation and Memorial. Member National Park Service Directors Council. Founder, chairman emeritus Order of Raft, 1972.
Special presidential delegate to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's funeral New Delhi, 1984. Special presidential delegate to Games of XXIV Olympiad Seoul, 1988. Trustee National Outdoor Leadership School, National Fitness Foundation, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, 1981—1985.
Board directors National Collegiate Athletic Association Foundation, member executive committee, member advisory board. Board directors Meridian International. Member Center for Study of Presidency, 1988—1995.
Chairman Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, 1989—2000. Trustee Ford's Theater, Washington. Men's chair Project Hope Annual Ball, 1989, 1990, 1991.
Chairman annual dinner Boys and Girls Clubs American, 1993. Chairman 50th Presidential Inauguration, Dedication Richard Nixon Library., Birthplace, 1990, board directors, 1990. National chair Celebrities and Sports for Bush-Quayle.
Member over-site committee United States Rowing, 1993. Member committee Preservation of White House, 1973—1975. Member National Park Advisory Board, 1973—1975, National Park Foundation, 1973—1975, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, 1973—1975, Friends of Nancy Hanks Center.
Board trustees Mridian House International, since 1992. Member United States of America Gymnasium Foundation, 1993—1999. Trustee University Arizona Foundation.
Chair National Park Foundation Alumni Association. Board dirs Saquaro National Park. Member advisory board National Park Systems, since 2004.
Chairman Richard Nixon Presidential Library. Volunteer Nixon/Agnew Campaign, 1968, transition and inauguration team, 1969. Vice chairman, member President's Commission on Bicentennial United States Constitution, 1985—1988.
Member Council for Excellence in Government, since 1988. Manager, Chief Executive Officer Republican National Convention, 1984, senior advisor, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, Bush/Quayle Presidential Campaign, 1988, Bush/Cheney Presidential Campaign, 2000, 2004, Bush/Cheney Inauguration. Honorary chairman Cheney Inaugural Activities.
Coordinator vice president debate Cheney and Lieberman, 2000, Cheney and Edwards, 2004. Member leadership advisory board National Collegiate Athletic Association. Board directors Grand Teton National Park Foundation, Saquaro National Park Foundation.
Vice chair Eastern National Park Service. Chair Hartgog Institute, Clemson University, since 2007. Board trustee Sarver Heart Center, University Arz., since 2008.
Member National Society Scabbard & Blade, 2008. Member National Collegiate Athletic Association (board directors 1992-2003, executive committee 1992-2003, advisory board), Economics Club of Washington, Metropolitan Club of Washington, Congressional Country Club, Georgetown Club, City Club of Washington, University Club. of New York, Burning Tree Club, Phi Delta Theta (named to Hall of Fame, 1991).
Married Anne Lucille Collins, August 8, 1959. Children: Lisa, Marjorie, Lynne.