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Walter
Fontaine
Evans
was
born
December
8,
1929,
at
Ft.
Benning,
GA,
the
only
son
of
Lieutenant
(later
Colonel)
John
Humphrey
Evans
III
and
Sara
Pick
Evans,
the
daughter
of
Colonel
Walter
R.
Pick
Sr.
of
the
Veterinary
Corps.
His
father
was Class
of
1923,
his
grandfather
Colonel
William
Pierce Evans
was Class
of
1878,
and
his
uncle,
Major
General
Vernon
Evans, was Class
of
1915.
‘Cotton,’
as
Walter was
known
to
his family
and early
friends,
was
proud
of
his military
heritage.
He
had
the
usual
military
family
moves,
attending
eight different
high
schools
before
entering
the
Army
in
1946,
and
following
his discharge
he
attended
the American
School
of
Paris and L
Alliance
Francoise
before
re-enlisting
and
earning
his
jump
and
glider
wings,
entering
West Point
with
the
Class
of
1954.
Academics
were
a grind,
taking
turn-outs
and
wearing a groove
in The
Area.
Following
The
Academy,
he joined
the
Foreign
Service
serving
14
years
overseas
with ICA,
AID,
and
the
Peace
Corps
as
a
program
officer,
advisor,
and
mission director
in
Korea,
Mali,
Yugoslavia, and
Guinea
and
with
the
Overseas
Private Investment
Corporation.
He
also
served
on
the
International Youth
Hostel
and
International
Secretariat
for
Volunteer
Services
and received
French
and
Korean
decorations and
was
selected
the
“Outstanding
Young
Man”
in
Asia
by
the
Asian
Federation of
Junior
Chambers
of
Commerce. He
received
an MBA
from Loyola
College
in
1979.
Following
government
retirement, he
spent
several
years
with
Control
Data, Computer
Sciences
Corporation,
and
Electronic
Data
Systems
before retiring
again
and
then being
on-call
by
NFIP
and
FEMA
as
a
disaster
reservist
and
specialist.
He
served
on
the
Board
of
Directors
of the
American
Diplomatic
Commissary,
Inc.,
and
has publication credits
on
sewage lagoons
and housing.
He
was
active
over
25
years
in
Scouting
on
the
International Committee
and
as
a
commissioner and
Scoutmaster.
He
was
honored
as a
senator
by
the
Junior
Chamber
International
with
an
honorary
lifetime
membership
having
held
local,
state,
national,
and world
offices
and
was
selected
by
the
governor
as
one of
the
four
“Outstanding
Young
Marylanders”
(1962).
He
was
a
lieutenant
in
the
USAFCAP
auxiliary
and served as a
USMA
Zip
Code
admissions
rep
for
several
years.
He was
active
on
several
American
Society of
Civil
Engineers
technical
committees
and
was
sub-chairman
of
the
Montgomery
County (MD)
Board
of
Education
School Construction
Committee
and
Rockville
Beautification
Committee.
He
had
a strong
dedication
to
public
service
in
keeping
with
his
proud
heritage from
his
Sons
of
the
American
Revolution
membership.
He
was
a descendent
of
Founder
Captain
Edward
Hutchinson,
who
was
killed
by
Indians
when
negotiating a
King
Philip’s
War Treaty,
Patriot
Judge
Samuel Vernon,
Sr.,
letter
of marquee “Marlborough” sea
captain
Samuel
Vernon
Jr.,
signer
of
the
Declaration
of
Independence William Ellery,
SC/VA
militia
Captain
Aaron
Fontaine,
mid-nineteenth
century
Captain
John
Evans
of
the
Indian
wars
and
RMCP
fame,
and
our
first
woman
activist
and theologian
Anne Hutchinson.
His
philosophies could
best
be
expressed
by
his
frequent
statement,
“Your
luck
began
the
day
you
were
born
an
American,”
and,
“Life’s
greatest
treasures
are your
children.”
He
fought
an
extended
battle
for several
years
with
leukemia
complicated
by
adult
onset
diabetes
II.
He
died
of
lung
cancer
on
May
28,
2013,
in
Fredericksburg, TX,
and
will
be
inurned
at
Arlington
National
Cemetery.
Walter
Evans is
survived
by
his
wife
Renate
and
three
children:
Sarah Brown,
Stacey
Evans,
and
John
Evans,
and
their
children.
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