Douglas C. Walker ’70

Doug Walker died of cancer Nov. 22, 2013.

Raised in Bethlehem, Pa., Doug graduated from Deerfield Academy. At Princeton, Doug was an economics major and a member of Cap and Gown Club.

After graduating, Doug joined Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. and then earned an MBA at Harvard. In 1978 he began a 32-year career at Brown Brothers Harriman, where he became a partner, transforming the firm’s Philadelphia office into a significant operation. Friends and colleagues remember him as thoughtful, compassionate, and fiercely loyal to the people he managed and to the firm’s clients.

Doug played leading roles in both the Philadelphia and international philanthropic communities for many years, serving on the boards of numerous nonprofits, including the Smithsonian Institution and the World Wildlife Fund. One of his great loves was Africa. His support of girls’ education in Kenya involved many trips there and led to his induction as an elder of the nomadic Samburu tribe.

After retiring in 2011, Doug devoted his
time to his family and to his African work. To his wife, Jane; his stepchildren, Olivia, Colin, and Madeline; and his brothers, Mac and James A. Walker ’66, the class sends sympathy.