Walter Philip Leber | |
Birth Date: | 12 September 1918 |
Birth Place: | Saint Louis, Missouri |
Death Place: | Palm City, Florida |
Order: | 15th |
Term Start: | 1967 |
Term End: | 1971 |
Successor: | David Stuart Parker |
Education: | Missouri School of Mines George Washington University |
Walter Philip Leber (September 12, 1918 - August 3, 2009) served as the governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1967 to 1971.[1]
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, on September 12, 1918, Leber graduated from the Missouri School of Mines in 1940. He also earned an MBA from George Washington University in 1951. He served as the governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1967 to 1971.
He died on August 3, 2009, in Palm City, Florida.[2]
His honors included admission to the Order of the British Empire.