The President today announced his intention to nominate Walter C. Wallace to be a member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 1987. This is a reappointment.
Since 1983 he has been a member of the National Mediation Board. Previously, he was corporate counsel and director of industrial relations for Multi-plant, national manufacturer of metal products, in 1980-1982; partner in the law firm of Ables & Wallace, Washington, DC, in 1975-1980; president of the Bituminous Coal Operators Association in Washington, DC, in 1973-1975; vice president for administration of Hudson Pulp & Paper Corp., New York City, in 1962-1973; General Counsel for the Presidential Railroad Commission in 1961; and Assistant Secretary of Labor (Manpower), chief staff assistant to the Secretary of Labor, and United States Representative, International Labor Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, in 1955-1961.
He graduated from St. John's University (B.A., 1948) and Cornell Law School (LL.B., 1951). He is married, has one child, and resides in New York, NY. He was born March 25, 1924, in New York City.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Walter C. Wallace To Be a Member of the National Mediation Board Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/261384