Julius Waring Walker Jr. (February 21, 1927 – December 5, 2003) was an American diplomat and United States Ambassador to Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 1981 to 1984.
He was employed in Texas in the private industry, serving successively as assistant manager of a grocery store, claims adjuster of an insurance company, newspaper reporter, and television announcer from 1950 to 1956.
Walker entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1956 as an information officer with the News Division in the State Department.
During 1966 to 1969, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Chad and political officer in England from 1969 to 1972.
[3] On June 27, 1981, Walker was nominated to be the United States Ambassador to Upper Volta by President Reagan.