Gerald Walpin

Walpin was born September 1, 1931, in New York City,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xg8AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Gerald+Walpin%22+1931 |title=Martindale Hubbell Law Directory 1999: District of Columbia, U.S. Government Lawyers, State Bar Association Profiles, Law Schools, Volume 5 |year=1998 |publisher=Martindale-Hubbell |location=New Providence, NJ |isbn=978-1-56160-324-4 |via=Google Books}} and graduated from the City College of New York in 1952.{{cite web |url=http://www.cncsig.gov/PDF/Bios/MeetWalpin.pdf |title=Meet Inspector General Gerald Walpin |website=Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506163037/http://www.cncsig.gov/PDF/Bios/MeetWalpin.pdf |archive-date=2009-05-06}}{{cite news |date=May 16, 1951 |title=Chosen at City College to head student council |newspaper=The New York Times |page=30 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B11FA3E591B7B93C4A8178ED85F458585F9 |access-date=2009-06-30}} He attended Yale Law School, where he was managing editor of the Yale Law Journal, graduating cum laude in 1955. Walpin was married, and had three children and six grandchildren.

From 1957 to 1960, he served in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General, with a rank of lieutenant.

Walpin was an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of Special Prosecutions for the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York for five years, after which he went on to become a senior partner at the New York-based law firm Rosenman & Colin LLP—and then of counsel at its successor Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP—for a combined total of over 40 years.

From 2002 to 2004, Walpin was president of the Federal Bar Council, an association of attorneys who practice in the courts within the Second Circuit. He received the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award in 2003 for outstanding professionalism as an attorney and for mentoring younger lawyers.

On August 3, 2006, President George W. Bush nominated Walpin as Inspector General (IG) of Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), an office in the CNCS charged with conducting independent and object audits, investigations, and inspections of the CNCS and its service programs, which include AmeriCorps, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), and Senior Corps.{{cite web |date=December 9, 2006 |title=Presidential Nomination PN1904-109 Gerald Walpin |website=THOMAS |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/home/nomis.html |access-date=2009-06-26 |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201150647/http://thomas.loc.gov/home/nomis.html |url-status=dead }} After he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 9, 2006, Walpin was sworn in on January 8, 2007.{{cite web |date=May 17, 2007 |title=Inspector General historical data - Federal departments |website=IGnet.gov |url=http://www.ignet.gov/igs/ighistory.pdf |access-date=2009-07-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813000106/http://ignet.gov/igs/ighistory.pdf |archive-date=2009-08-13}}

After its May 20, 2009 meeting that discussed Walpin's report criticizing the St. HOPE Academy settlement agreement and Walpin's forthcoming report questioning the validity of the largest AmeriCorps program—the Research Foundation of City University of New York (RFCUNY) New York City Teaching Fellows program, the bipartisan CNCS Board of Directors unanimously requested that the White House review Walpin's conduct as Inspector General.

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|last=Cummings |first=Julie Fisher

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• {{cite web

|last=Gearan |first=Mark D.

|date=June 26, 2009

|title=Letter to Sen. Charles E. Grassley

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• {{cite web

|last = Brown |first=Lawrence G.

|date = April 9, 2009

|title = United States settles claims arising out of St. HOPE Academy's spending of AmeriCorps grants and education awards

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• {{cite web

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|date = May 6, 2009

|title = OIG issues special report criticizing settlement of Corporation claims against St. HOPE Academy, Kevin Johnson, and Dana Gonzalez

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• {{cite web

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|date = June 18, 2009

|title = CNCS supplemental response to OIG special report criticizing St. Hope Academy settlement agreement

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• {{cite web

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|date = June 4, 2009

|title = Office of Inspector General questions validity of AmeriCorps program at City University of New York

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Walpin was suspended with pay on June 11, 2009, by President Barack Obama, who on the same day advised the U.S. Congress that he would remove Walpin from office, effective 30 days from then, because Obama no longer had "the fullest confidence in" him as Inspector General.

• {{cite web |last=Tapper |first=Jake |date=June 12, 2009 |title=President Obama fires controversial Inspector General |website=ABC News |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/president-obama-fires-controversial-inspector-general-.html |access-date=2020-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616063539/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/president-obama-fires-controversial-inspector-general-.html|archive-date=2009-06-16}}
• {{cite web |last=Obama |first=Barack |date=June 11, 2009 |title=Letter to the Speaker of the U.S. House |website=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/Obama_letter_%20to_Pelosi.pdf |access-date=2009-06-21}}
• {{cite web |last=Obama |first=Barack |date=June 11, 2009 |title=Letter to the President of the U.S. Senate |website=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/Biden_letter_to_Obama.pdf |access-date=2009-06-21}}
• {{cite web |last=Craig |first=Gregory B. |date=June 11, 2009 |title=Letter to Sen. Charles E. Grassley |website=ABC News |url=http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/Craig_letter_to_Grassley.pdf |access-date=2009-06-21}}
• {{cite web |last=Tapper |first=Jake |date=June 13, 2009 |title=More details emerge In President Obama's firing of Inspector General |website=ABC News |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/more-details-emerge-in-president-obamas-firing-of-inspector-general.html |access-date=2009-06-21}}
• {{cite web |last=Brown |first=Lawrence G.|date=April 29, 2009 |title=Letter to Kenneth W. Kaiser, Chair, Counsel of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Integrity Committee |website=ABC News |url=http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/Brown_letter_to_Kenneth_Kaiser.pdf |access-date=2009-06-21}}
• {{cite web |last1=Walpin |first1=Gerald |date=May 20, 2009 |title=Response of IG Gerald Walpin and the OIG to the complaint |website=ABC News |url=http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/PCIE_Response_Report_FINAL_5_20_09.pdf |access-date=2009-06-21|display-authors=etal}}{{cite web |author=U.S. Congress |date=December 5, 2008 |title=U.S.C. Title 5 Appendix - Inspector General Act of 1978 (Incorporating Inspector General Reform Act of 2008, Pub. L. 110-409) |publisher=USAID |url=http://www.usaid.gov/oig/IG_Act-with_Reform_Act_8.5x11_Dec5.pdf |access-date=2009-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628062217/http://www1.usaid.gov/oig/IG_Act-with_Reform_Act_8.5x11_Dec5.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-28}} and on June 16, 2009, the White House submitted a letter with additional information on the reasons Walpin was removed. However Republicans Chuck Grassley and Darrell Issa have asserted that Walpin's firing was politically motivated due to the fact that Walpin was investigating Kevin Johnson, a friend and supporter of Barack Obama, for sexual assault and other allegations during the time he was fired by Obama.{{cite web |date=2009-11-20 |title=Republicans criticize dismissal of AmeriCorps watchdog |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-20-la-na-americorps20-2009nov20-story.html |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=Los Angeles Times }}

On July 17, 2009, Walpin filed a civil lawsuit in federal court seeking his reinstatement, arguing that his removal violated the 2008 Inspector General Act.{{cite news |last=O'Keefe |first=Ed |date=July 20, 2009 |title=Fired IG Gerald Walpin Files Suit |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/07/fired_ig_gerald_walpin_files_s.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927111105/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/07/fired_ig_gerald_walpin_files_s.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=2010-06-19}} On July 20, 2009, Walpin issued a statement saying the primary reason for his lawsuit was to protect future Inspectors General.{{cite web |last=Tapper |first=Jake |date=July 20, 2009 |website=ABC News |title=Fired Inspector General says his lawsuit was filed to protect future IGs |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/07/fired-inspector-general-says-his-lawsuit-was-filed-to-protect-future-igs.html |access-date=2009-07-20}}

On October 19, 2009, the chairman of the Integrity Committee of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency{{who|date=November 2019}} (CIGIE) notified Walpin that his response to an April 29, 2009 complaint about him by acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown on May 20, 2009, had sufficiently and satisfactorily addressed the matter, and closed the complaint.

• {{cite web |last=Gerstein |first=Josh |date=November 10, 2009 |title=Ousted IG cleared in Kevin Johnson flap |website=Politico |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/1109/Ousted_IG_cleared_in_Kevin_Johnson_flap.html |access-date=2010-06-19}}
• {{cite web |last=Gerstein |first=Josh |date=November 10, 2009 |title=W.H. v. Grassley on Walpin clearing |website=Politico |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/1109/WH_v_Grassley_on_Walpin_clearing.html |access-date=2010-06-19}}
• {{cite web |last=Perkins |first=Kevin L. |date=October 19, 2009 |title=Letter to Gerald P. Walpin re: Integrity Committee complaint 614 |website=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/static/PPM130_walpinclearedltr.html |access-date=2010-06-19}}

On June 17, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Roberts dismissed Walpin's suit.

• {{cite web |last=Gerstein |first=Josh |date=June 18, 2010 |title=Former watchdog Walpin loses suit over firing |website=Politico |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0610/Former_IG_Walpin_loses_suit_over_firing.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140421111714/http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0610/Former_IG_Walpin_loses_suit_over_firing.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 21, 2014 |access-date=2010-06-19}}
• {{cite news |last=O'Keefe |first=Ed |date=June 18, 2010 |title=Fired IG ponders options after wrongful-termination suit dismissed |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/06/fired_ig_ponders_options_after.html |access-date=2010-06-19}}
• {{cite web |last=Roberts |first=Richard W. |date=June 17, 2010 |title= Memorandum opinion: Gerald Walpin v. Corporation for National and Community Service, et al. Civil Action No. 09-1343 |publisher=U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia |url= https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2009cv1343-31 |access-date=2010-06-19}}

Gerald Walpin died on June 24, 2016, in a hospital after being hit by the driver of a sport utility vehicle in Manhattan while crossing at Lexington Avenue and East 79th Street.

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