Editing Card Walker (section)

==Early life and career==
Walker moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], in 1934, where he attended [[University of California at Los Angeles|UCLA]]. After graduation, he began his career at Disney as a mailroom clerk in 1938.<ref name= "amobit">{{cite news |last=Ball |first=Ryan |url= https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/former-disney-chief-walker-dies-at-89/ |title=Former Disney Chief Walker Dies at 89 |work=[[Animation Magazine]] |date=November 30, 2005 |accessdate=April 16, 2020}}</ref> He went on to work in the camera department and later became a unit manager for short subjects.

In 1941, Walker was forced to delay his Disney career to serve in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. He was the flight control officer (flight deck officer) aboard the aircraft carrier [[USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)]] in the Pacific Theater from 1943 to 1945, surviving eight major battles. After the war, he returned to the Disney Studio. In 1956, he became the vice president of advertising and sales before being elected to the board of directors in 1960.