Background
Anton, Walter Foster was born on January 24, 1936 in Alameda, California, United States. Son of Leroy Fredrick and Dorothy Belle (Siebe) Anton.
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Walter Foster Anton
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Bachelor of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1957; Master of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1962.
Career
From assistant to assistant general manager, Kaiser Engineers, Oakland, California, 1959-1961; from project engineer to assistant to vice president, Harza Engineering Company, Chicago, 1962-1969; project manager, Tudor Engineering Company, San Francisco, 1969-1971; vice president, manager water resources, Tudor Engineering Company, San Francisco, 1981-1985; director engineering, assistant general manager and chief engineer, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, 1971-1981; division director and chief engineer, Seattle Water Department, since 1986.
Achievements
Membership
President board directors Volumes American, Seattle, 1987-1988. Vice president board directors Salem Lutheran Home, Oakland, 1978-1984. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1957-1959.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (president San Francisco section, chair national water policy committee, technical county lifeline earthquake engineering, director Seattle section, H.J. Brunnier award 1984). Member American Water Works Association, American Academy Environmental Engineers, United States Committee on Large Dams.
Connections
Married Kristin Ingrid Palmquist, June 15, 1957 (divorced 1984). Children: Mark, Julie, Elisabeth. Married Diane Elisabeth Stern, September 29, 1984.
Stepchildren: Marc, Eric.
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Religion
Presbyterian