Background
Black, Walter Evan was born on July 7, 1926 in Baltimore. Son of Walter Evan and Margaret Luttrell (Rice) Black.
Black, Walter Evan was born on July 7, 1926 in Baltimore. Son of Walter Evan and Margaret Luttrell (Rice) Black.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1947; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1949.
Associate, Hinkley & Singley, Baltimore, 1949-1953;
partner, Hinkley & Singley, 1957-1967;
assistant United State Attorneys, District Maryland., Baltimore, 1953-1955;
United State Attorneys, District Maryland., 1956-1957;
partner, Clapp, Somerville, Black & Honemann, Baltimore, 1968-1982;
United States district judge, District Maryland., Baltimore, since 1982;
chief judge, District Maryland., Baltimore, 1991-1994;
senior status, since 1994. Secretary-treasurer Parkwood Cemetery Company, Baltimore, 1967-1982. Also director; secretary Southern Mech.
Inc., Baltimore, 1971-1982. Also director; president Charles T. Brandt Inc., Baltimore, 1972-1982. Also director Chairman Board Municipal and Zoning Appeals, Baltimore, 1963-1967.
Member Jail Board, Baltimore, 1971-1973, Attorney Grievance Commission,1978-1982, Review Board, 1975-1978, chairman, 1975-1976. Member Governor's Commission to Revise Annotated Code, 1975-1982.
Alternate Maryland. delegate Republican National Convention, 1960. Chairman Republican City Committee, Baltimore, 1962-1966. Maryland. delegate Republican National Convention, 1964.
Board of directors Baltimore Urban League, 1963-1969, 76-82. Board directors Union Memorial Hospital. Director Hospital for Consumptives Maryland.
Member Bar Association Baltimore City, American Bar Association, Maryland. Bar Association, Rule Day Club, Lawyers' Round Table.
Married Catharine Schall Foster, June 30, 1951. Children: Walter Evan III, Charles Foster, James Rider.