Background
Walsh, Walter Joseph was born on January 5, 1929 in New York City. Son of Walter Gordon and Anna (Mullins) Walsh.
Walsh, Walter Joseph was born on January 5, 1929 in New York City. Son of Walter Gordon and Anna (Mullins) Walsh.
AB, Allegheny College, 1955. Master of Business Administration in Marketing, University Pittsburgh, 1960.
Journalist, United States Navy, 1948-1952; reporter, Meadville (Pennsylvania) Tribune, 1953-1955; assistant public relations director, Welch Grape Juice Company, Westfield, New York, 1955-1957; supervisor, edit services, Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1957-1960; assistant public relations director, Oscar Mayer & Company, Madison, Wisconsin, 1960-1967; director public relations, Bankers Life, Des Moines, 1967-1980; vice president corporation relations, The Principal Finance Group, Des Moines, since 1980. President Blood Center Center Iowa, Des Moines.
Past president Community Focus Inc. Fellow Public Relations Society of America (past president Iowa chapter).
Married Sally Kloppman, June 9, 1956. Children: Terence Allen, Brian Patrick, Laurie Anne.