Background
Innis, Walter Deane was born on August 1, 1959 in Coleman.
Innis, Walter Deane was born on August 1, 1959 in Coleman.
Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1932. Student, graduated from Nava War College, 1948.
Executive officer Naval Air Station, Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 1943. Commanding officer United States Ship Bering Strait, 1944—1945. Executive officer United States Ship Philippine Sea, Philippine Sea, 1950—1951.
Commanding officer Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1946. Attended Naval War College, 1947—1948, faculty, 1948—1950. Member staff Chief Naval Operations, Washington, 1951—1953.
Member staff commander-in-chief Eastern Atlantic (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), London, 1953—1954. Member staff secretary defense Washington, 1954—1956. Member United States delegate Austrian state treaty, Vienna, 1955.
Member staff United States ambassador North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Paris, 1956—1957. Member special mission President Eisenhower Marshall Tito, Yugoslavia, 1955. Member operations coordinating board Washington, 1954—1956.
Special assistant to chief, navy department Bureau aeronautics, 1959—1960. Washington consultant MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1962—1964. System analyst navy department, 1964—1981.
Vice president Devon Public Company, Inc., since 1981. Commissioned ensign United States Navy, 1932, advanced grades to rear admiral United States Navy, designated naval aviator, 1936, with, 1941, Atlantic Neutrality Patrol, with, 1942, Mediterranean area, with, 1942-1943, Aleutians, with, 1944, Southwest Pacific, Saipan, with, Iwo Jima, Japan, with, 1945, Okinawa, Japan, with, 1950-1951, Korea and Formosa Strait.
Member of Retired Officers Association, National Audubon Society, Indiana Society, Naval Academy Alumni Association, English-Speaking Union, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Friends Kennedy Center, National Society Literature and Arts, Halcyon Foundation, National Trust History Preservation, National History Society, Netherlands-American Foundation, Military Order World Wars, Naval Academy Foundation, Navy League United States, Naval History Foundation, Operations Research Society America, Cosmos (Washington), Gibson Island (Maryland) Yacht Squadron, Explorers Club.
Married Pauline Innis.