Background
Hylander, Walter Raymond was born on July 22, 1924 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Walter Raymond and Mary Howard (Douglass) Hylander.
Hylander, Walter Raymond was born on July 22, 1924 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Walter Raymond and Mary Howard (Douglass) Hylander.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950.
Registered profile engineer, New York, Mississippi Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1945, advanced through grades to colonel, 1969, retired, 1973. Training director Bechtel Power Corporation, Grand Gulf, Mississippi,1974-1976. Training and education manager Saudi-Arabian Bechtel Company, Jubail, 1976-1977.
Training director Saint Regis Paper Company, Montecello, Mississippi, 1978-1979.
Chief civil engineer Bechtel Power Corporation, Grand Gulf, 1979-1986. Chairman Panel of Experts on Mine Warfare, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, London, 1962-1965.
Senior advisor on engineer training, Vietnam, 1967-1968. Member United States Army Committee on Military History, West Point, New York, 1972-1973.
Member United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Washington, 1968-1969.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers. Member Society American Military Engineers, National Association Model Railroaders, Louisiana Mississippi Christmas Tree Association Kappa Phi.
Married Marjorie Jean Gunter, March 8, 1951;children: Walter Raymond, Joyce Elizabeth. Children: Walter Raymond, Joyce Elizabeth.