Biography
Walter Boomer was born on 22 September 1938 in Rich Square, North Carolina. In 1956, He graduated from Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia. He earned a B.A. degree from Duke University in 1960, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He earned a Master of Science degree in Technology of Management from American University, Washington, D.C. in 1973.
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