In Memoriam: Walter Broadnax

Professor Walter D. Broadnax, formerly of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, died December 2. 

Walter was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Previously, he served as president of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to that appointment, Walter was dean of the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C. He also was professor of public policy and management in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, where he directed the Bureau of Governmental Research.

Before joining the University of Maryland faculty, Walter served as deputy secretary and chief operating officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; president of the Center for Governmental Research Inc. in Rochester, New York; president of the New York State Civil Service Commission; a lecturer in and director of the Innovations in Government program in the Harvard Kennedy School; a senior staff member of the Brookings Institution; principal deputy assistant secretary for planning and evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; director of Children, Youth and Adult Services for the state of Kansas and a professor in the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Walter is survived by his wife, Angel and their daughter, Andrea A. Broadnax-Green.

On behalf of the entire University of Maryland community, the School of Public Policy extends our deepest sympathies to Walter’s family, friends and colleagues. We welcome community members to share condolences and remembrances in the comments below.