Harold J. Walter, who was born in Colorado 1901 and died in 1962 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was an American textile manufacturer.
Charles Arthur Root, a local industrialized who had founded the Bachman Uxbridge Worsted Company was his father-in-law.
The company had thirteen plants nationwide, with 6000 workers, in four states, and was written up in Time in August 1953 in an article entitled "The Pride of Uxbridge".
The company boasted 75% percent increases in productivity with a variety of processes including air conditioned plants.
[1] Research into textiles at Bachman Uxbridge Worsted Company produced a range of blended fabrics, including the "wool-nylon serge" used for army uniforms.