Walter graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia in 1935 and received a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1940. He was the principal economist with the U.S. War Department 1942-1943, principal economist with the Office of Strategic Services 1943-1944, and labor attache with U.S. embassies in Oslo and Copenhagen 1945-1946.
Walter taught economics at Harvard 1946-1951 and at UC Berkeley 1951-1966. He was a Fulbright Fellow 1950-1951 and a Guggenheim Fellow in 1955. He joined the faculty at Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations as a full professor in 1966.
Walter was the Pitt Professor of American History & Institutions at Cambridge University 1970-1971, the first non-historian to hold the post. He was the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor at Cornell from 1976 until his retirement in 1990, when he was named Professor Emeritus.
Walter wrote or co-wrote 20 books and edited eight. His first, Rival Unionism in the United States, was published in 1940 and republished in 1966. His last, The World's Strongest Trade Unions: The Scandinavian Labor Movement, was published in 1998. He was well known for his scholarship on trade unionism and economic growth in Scandinavia and also was knowledgeable about the Asian economic picture. He directed a large project on the Chinese economy, financed by the Ford Foundation, and was the editor of China's Economic Reform.
Walter's last article, on the Taiwan labor market, was published in 1999. He organized east-west labor relations conferences in Europe and organized seminars on Russian labor relations.
Walter taught economics at Harvard 1946-1951 and at UC Berkeley 1951-1966. He was a Fulbright Fellow 1950-1951 and a Guggenheim Fellow in 1955. He joined the faculty at Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations as a full professor in 1966.
Walter was the Pitt Professor of American History & Institutions at Cambridge University 1970-1971, the first non-historian to hold the post. He was the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor at Cornell from 1976 until his retirement in 1990, when he was named Professor Emeritus.
Walter wrote or co-wrote 20 books and edited eight. His first, Rival Unionism in the United States, was published in 1940 and republished in 1966. His last, The World's Strongest Trade Unions: The Scandinavian Labor Movement, was published in 1998. He was well known for his scholarship on trade unionism and economic growth in Scandinavia and also was knowledgeable about the Asian economic picture. He directed a large project on the Chinese economy, financed by the Ford Foundation, and was the editor of China's Economic Reform.
Walter's last article, on the Taiwan labor market, was published in 1999. He organized east-west labor relations conferences in Europe and organized seminars on Russian labor relations.
Walter graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia in 1935 and received a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1940. He was the principal economist with the U.S. War Department 1942-1943, principal economist with the Office of Strategic Services 1943-1944, and labor attache with U.S. embassies in Oslo and Copenhagen 1945-1946.
Walter taught economics at Harvard 1946-1951 and at UC Berkeley 1951-1966. He was a Fulbright Fellow 1950-1951 and a Guggenheim Fellow in 1955. He joined the faculty at Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations as a full professor in 1966.
Walter was the Pitt Professor of American History & Institutions at Cambridge University 1970-1971, the first non-historian to hold the post. He was the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor at Cornell from 1976 until his retirement in 1990, when he was named Professor Emeritus.
Walter wrote or co-wrote 20 books and edited eight. His first, Rival Unionism in the United States, was published in 1940 and republished in 1966. His last, The World's Strongest Trade Unions: The Scandinavian Labor Movement, was published in 1998. He was well known for his scholarship on trade unionism and economic growth in Scandinavia and also was knowledgeable about the Asian economic picture. He directed a large project on the Chinese economy, financed by the Ford Foundation, and was the editor of China's Economic Reform.
Walter's last article, on the Taiwan labor market, was published in 1999. He organized east-west labor relations conferences in Europe and organized seminars on Russian labor relations.
Walter taught economics at Harvard 1946-1951 and at UC Berkeley 1951-1966. He was a Fulbright Fellow 1950-1951 and a Guggenheim Fellow in 1955. He joined the faculty at Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations as a full professor in 1966.
Walter was the Pitt Professor of American History & Institutions at Cambridge University 1970-1971, the first non-historian to hold the post. He was the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor at Cornell from 1976 until his retirement in 1990, when he was named Professor Emeritus.
Walter wrote or co-wrote 20 books and edited eight. His first, Rival Unionism in the United States, was published in 1940 and republished in 1966. His last, The World's Strongest Trade Unions: The Scandinavian Labor Movement, was published in 1998. He was well known for his scholarship on trade unionism and economic growth in Scandinavia and also was knowledgeable about the Asian economic picture. He directed a large project on the Chinese economy, financed by the Ford Foundation, and was the editor of China's Economic Reform.
Walter's last article, on the Taiwan labor market, was published in 1999. He organized east-west labor relations conferences in Europe and organized seminars on Russian labor relations.
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