David McLean Walters (born Cleveland, Ohio April 4, 1917) is a US lawyer who served as Presidential envoy to the Vatican.
David M. Walters | |
|---|---|
| Personal Representative of the President to the Holy See | |
| In office July 1977 – August 1978 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Myron Charles Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Robert F. Wagner Jr. |
He studied law and got his JD from University of Miami Law School in 1950. He practiced law in the private sector from 1950 to 1977.[1] On July 6, 1977, he was appointed by President Carter as his envoy to the Vatican, a position he held until August 1978.[2] On June 25, 1985, he was appointed by President Reagan as member of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission.[3]