Walter Philip Leber
Walter Philip liver ( born September 12, 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri; † August 3, 2009 in Palm City, Florida ) was a Major General of the United States Army and Governor of the Panama Canal Zone.
Biography
After school he trained as an officer in the United States Army and in 1941 promoted to Head Second Lieutenant. He then entered the service of the office of chief engineer of the U.S. Army and was there between 1942-1946 Secretary of Communications in the area of operations Europe, before he was until 1947 an employee of the Manhattan Project (Manhattan Engineer District ) in today's Oak Ridge National Laboratory after. Subsequently, he was made head of the Technical Department in the Military Liaison Command (Military Liaison Command) and then from 1949 to 1950 Assistant to the District Engineer of the administrative officer in Seattle and Walla Walla. In 1951 he became a member of the General Staff of the Army Logistabteilung before he was 1956-1957 engineer with the 8th U.S. Army in Korea in the context of the United States Forces Korea.
Early 1958, he returned to the U.S., where he was appointed administrative officer in the chief engineer of the U.S. Army office. After that, he was 1961-1963 Vice- Governor of the Panama Canal Zone and in connection to 1966 Division Engineer of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division ( LRD). This was followed from 1966 to 1967 use as a director for the Civil Engineering at the chief engineer of the U.S. Army.
On February 21, 1971 Brigadier General liver as the successor of Robert J. Fleming was appointed Governor of the Panama Canal Zone and shortly thereafter promoted to Major General. During his last until 1971 term of office in 1970, the studies for a further expansion of the channel ( Interoceanic Canal ) were also started as the expansion of the so-called " Gaillard Cut ", which should also provide the end of an important program for a safer transit through the channel. Successor as governor was on March 3, 1971, Major General David S. Parker.
After the end of his term as Governor, he was an employee at the missile defense system SafeGuard in Washington.