Walter McCormick

Walter B. McCormick Jr.

Born	8 February 1954 Kansas City, Missouri
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Missouri

Walter McCormick (born Walter Bernard McCormick, Jr.; February 8, 1954, Kansas City, Missouri), is a lawyer, former government official and former trade association executive.

McCormick was President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the United States Telecom Association from 2001-2016. He was previously President and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, Inc. He served in the United States government as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation under President George H.W. Bush; and as General Counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation under the Chairmanship of Senator John C. Danforth (R-MO). He served under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama as a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.

McCormick was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Walter B. McCormick and Dorothy Power McCormick. He is a graduate of Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, Missouri (1972); the University of Missouri School of Journalism (B.J. 1976); and the University of Missouri School of Law (J.D. 1979). He studied international politics and economics at Georgetown University (1975), and completed the program for senior managers in government at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (1987).