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Emery L. Walker has since 1917 filled the vice presidency of the Kieckhefer Container Company of Milwaukee, with which he has been identified for the past six years. His birth occurred in Weston, Oregon, on the 12th of November, 1878, his parents being Jesse and Ella (Mays) Walker, the former a native of Tennessee and the latter of Oregon. By occupation the father was a farmer.

Emery L. Walker began his education in the public schools of Tacoma, Washington, and subsequently pursued a course in mechanical engineering at Cornell University, from which he received the degree of M. E. upon his graduation with the class of 1902. He then became an apprentice with the Baldwin Locomotive Works and had gradually advanced to the position of engineer of the plant when he severed his connection with the concern in 1910. In that year he became eastern manager of the Carnation Products Company, with headquarters in Berlin, Wisconsin, thus continuing until 1913, while during the two succeeding years he acted as production manager of the firm of Hale & Kilborn of Philadelphia, manufacturing car seats, automobile bodies, etc. In 1915 he came to Milwaukee as general superintendent of the Kieckhefer Box Company and two years later was chosen vice president of the Kieckhefer Container Company.

On the 28th of December, 1899, Mr. Walker married Miss Mabelle C. Scott of Bareilly, India, and they have three children: Elizabeth Mays, Katharine Alice and Virginia Louise. The family residence is at No. 62 Center street in Wauwatosa. Mr. Walker is a Mason, being a member of Wauwatosa Lodge, No. 267, A. F. & A. M., and he also belongs to the Kappa Sigma and Sigma XI, two Greek letter fraternities. He is likewise a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the New York Railroad Club, the Wisconsin Club and the Milwaukee Athletic Club. He enjoys an enviable position in both business and social circles of his adopted city, the number of his friends having constantly grown as the circle of his acquaintance has broadened.