Member - Board of Harbor Commissioners
Port of Long Beach, California

Dr. Mike Walter is a member of the five-person Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, the governing body of the Port of Long Beach, California. He was appointed in July 2005 by then-Long Beach Mayor Beverly O'Neill and unanimously confirmed by the City Council.

Dr. Walter is executive assistant to the president for community relations at California State University, Long Beach, and a professor of international business at the university's College of Business Administration. In May 2010, the Senior Class named Dr. Walter "one of the most inspirational professors of CSULB," in recognition of his dedication to higher education and the well-being of his students. He came to Long Beach in 1993 to be the dean of the College of Business Administration and accepted his current post in 2000. Dr. Walter is a recognized Phi Beta Delta international scholar. Prior to coming to Long Beach, he served 10 years as dean of the School of Economics and Business Administration at Saint Mary's College of California, in Moraga.

Dr. Walter and his wife, Arline, have donated $2.1 million to CSULB's Faculty Development and Research Program and to its Department of Athletics. The university honored the Walters by naming its iconic sports complex the Mike and Arline Walter Pyramid.

Dr. Walter is the vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Saint Mary Medical Center and a member of the Board of Directors for the National Conference for Community and Justice. He has volunteered with the Boys and Girls Club, Leadership Long Beach, Workforce Development, the Queen Mary Professional Advisory Committee for the Preservation Plan and the Saint Mary Medical Center Foundation. He is a former chairman of the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and a former president of the International Business Association. Dr. Walter also served on the Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners for two years.

Dr. Walter has had a distinguished career in business, holding senior executive positions with Levi Strauss, DuPont and Rockwell International. He was responsible for international operations at Levi Strauss & Co. as a senior vice president and member of the Office of the President. He held a similar position at DuPont. At Rockwell, he was assistant to the vice president for strategic planning and innovation.

For both his business and community involvement, President George W. Bush's Business Advisory Council named Dr. Walter a 2005 Businessman of the Year.

Dr. Walter is a native of Clinton, Iowa. He holds bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Iowa, and he is a veteran of the U.S. Army.

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