Gary J. Walters

{{Short description|American U.S. Secret Service agent}}

{{Undisclosed paid|date=April 2022}}

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|name = Gary J. Walters

|image = White House Chief Usher Gary J Walters - 2005 .JPG

|caption = Gary J. Walters in 2005

|order = 8th

|office = White House Chief Usher

|president = Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush

|term_start = March(?) 1986

|term_end = January 31, 2007

|predecessor = Rex Scouten

|successor = Stephen W. Rochon

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Gary J. Walters is a former White House Chief Usher, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and serving until 2007, serving under four US Presidents.

Walters graduated from the University of Maryland and served as an officer in the United States Army.{{cite web |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/gwalters-bio.html |title=Gary J. Walters |accessdate=May 6, 2014}}

From 1970 to 1975, he was a part of the United States Secret Service detail to the President. He then was appointed Assistant Usher at the White House in 1976.{{cite news|last=Romano|first=Lois|title=White House's Chief Usher Is Bowing Out|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 25, 2006|accessdate=June 4, 2017|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102401451.html}}

Walters was promoted to Chief Usher about March 1986.{{cite news|last=Burros|first=Marian|title=Serving Up Food and Emily Post|work=The New York Times|date=March 31, 1986|accessdate=June 4, 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/31/us/white-house-serving-up-food-and-emily-post.html}} The Charlotte Post wrote that he described his position as, "an all-encompassing job that requires understanding the likes and dislikes of the first family, learning the ways of a tradition-steeped White House, and interacting with a multitude of outside organizations such as the historical association and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts".{{cite news|last=Benac|first=Nancy|title=New White House usher brings Jamaican charm|work=The Charlotte Post|date=October 27, 2011|accessdate=May 6, 2014|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-56836292}} He retired as of January 31, 2007.{{cite news|title=White House Usher Reflects On His Bosses|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 19, 2007|page=A17}}