Walker Cisler
 Walker Cisler    (  engineer,  businessman) | |
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| Born | 1897-10-08 Marietta, Ohio, USA |
| Died | 1994-10-18 (Age 97) Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Member of | Bohemian Grove, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members |
| Interests | •  nuclear power• Marshall Plan |
US business executive at the Atomic Energy Commission's Industrial Advisory Group. As well as the first Bilderberg, he attended the next four, and 3 more in the early 1960s. | |
Walker Cisler was a US was a noted American engineer and business executive who sat on the Atomic Energy Commission's Industrial Advisory Group. As well as the first Bilderberg, he attended the next four, and 3 more in the early 1960s
Education
Walker Lee Cisler was born on October 8, 1897, in Marietta, Ohio.[1][2] Cisler received a degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1922.[2] He was elected to the Sphinx Head Society during his senior year.
Career
Cisler held a variety of positions at the Public Service Electric and Gas Company in New Jersey, before being named in 1941 as chief of the Equipment Production Branch at the U.S. War Production Board.[2] In mid-1943 he became chief engineer of power plants for Detroit Edison. In 1944, he was granted leave of absence after being appointed as chief of public utilities for Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force by General Dwight Eisenhower with responsibility for rebuilding electrical power plants in Europe.[2] In this role, he worked in Sicily, visited Russia, and in August 1944 entered Paris with General Charles de Gaulle.
After the war, Cisler returned to Detroit Edison as chief engineer, where he subsequently became executive vice president (1948), president (1951), chief executive officer (1954), and chairman of the board (1964). In 1967, Cisler became interested in supporting Northern Michigan University’s business programs. As a result of this, the University renamed the school of business the "Walker L. Cisler College of Business".[3] He retired from Edison in 1975. He then established Overseas Advisory Associates Inc., a nonprofit to advise foreign countries on development of energy industries.[4]
He was active in the early development of nuclear power, working as executive secretary to the Atomic Energy Commission's Industrial Advisory Group in 1947-1948, and first president of the Atomic Industrial Forum. In 1991 the American Nuclear Society established a prize in honor of his contributions to development of fast breeder reactors.
Cisler was a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Management, and American Nuclear Society. He served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Engineers Joint Council, and Edison Electric Institute, and received awards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Western Society of Engineers, American Institute of Consulting Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Personal life
Cisler married and had a son, but the son died at an early age after getting hit by a milk truck. His wife left him. He married Gertrude, who died in 1974. He had at least two other children, Richard Rippe and Jane Eckhardt.[2]
In his later years, Cisler lived in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Cisler died on October 18, 1994, at his home in Grosse Pointe. He was buried at Media Cemetery in Media, Pennsylvania.[4][2]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1954 | 29 May 1954 | 31 May 1954 | Netherlands Hotel Bilderberg Oosterbeek | The first Bilderberg meeting, attended by 68 men from Europe and the US, including 20 businessmen, 25 politicians, 5 financiers & 4 academics. |
| Bilderberg/1955 March | 18 March 1955 | 20 March 1955 | France Barbizon | The second Bilderberg meeting, held in France. Just 42 guests, fewer than any other. |
| Bilderberg/1955 September | 23 September 1955 | 25 September 1955 | Germany Bavaria Garmisch-Partenkirchen | The third Bilderberg, in West Germany. The subject of a report by Der Spiegel which inspired a heavy blackout of subsequent meetings. |
| Bilderberg/1956 | 11 May 1956 | 13 May 1956 | Denmark Fredensborg | The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after |
| Bilderberg/1957 February | 15 February 1957 | 17 February 1957 | US St Simons Island Georgia (State) | The earliest ever Bilderberg in the year, number 5, was also first one outside Europe. |
| Bilderberg/1961 | 21 April 1961 | 23 April 1961 | Canada Quebec St-Castin | The 10th Bilderberg, the first in Canada and the 2nd outside Europe. |
| Bilderberg/1963 | 29 March 1963 | 31 March 1963 | France Cannes Hotel Martinez | The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France. |
| Bilderberg/1964 | 20 March 1964 | 22 March 1964 | US Virginia Williamsburg | A year after this meeting, the post of GATT/Director-General was set up, and given Eric Wyndham White, who attended the '64 meeting. Several subsequent holders have been Bilderberg insiders, only 2 are not known to have attended the group. |
References
- ↑ http://www.nae.edu/About/leadership/57773.aspx |title=Founding members of the National Academy of Engineering
- ↑ Jump up to: a b c d e f https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110679882/worldwide-trailblazer-in-energy-is-dead/
- ↑ https://www.nmu.edu/business/history
- ↑ Jump up to: a b https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110666668/a-man-of-vision-controversy-20-oct/
