Vernon Deloss Walker was an American advertising executive and political campaign consultant.
10 Facts About Deloss Walker
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In October 1965, Walker founded the Memphis, Tennessee-based advertising firm Walker + Associates, Inc Walker played a major role in politics, corporate marketing and philanthropy throughout the South from the 1960s to 1990s.
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Deloss Walker had the money to think big and wanted to know who the best political consultant in the South was.
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Deloss Walker took an obscure, unknown candidate and elected him governor over a well-known incumbent or favorite.
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Deloss Walker had just taken an unknown school board member named Dale Bumpers and made him Governor of Arkansas.
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Deloss Walker was the most renowned and expensive political guru in the country in 1977.
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In 1987, Deloss Walker was named the Silver Medal Award winner.
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Deloss Walker attended Southern Baptist College, in Walnut Ridge, Ark.
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Deloss Walker served in the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star in combat in the battle of Heartbreak Ridge.
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Deloss Walker led or supported many initiatives to improve the community.