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Residence Halls
— Byron Walter Hall
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Byron Walter Hall was built in 1985. It is part of Phase I of
UW-Green Bay Housing and was one of the first residence halls ever
built on our campus.
About the man: The Byron L. Walter Trust has supported a wide range of community projects including educational
initiatives and development on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The trust is the legacy of Byron
L. (Barney) Walter, a native of Monroe, Michigan, who spent most of his adult life in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Mr. Walter attended a trade school in Milwaukee and came to Green Bay in 1898 as a 21-year-old plumber's apprentice.
He began his business career as an office boy for the Gotredson Bros. Hardware Company. By the time the Morley Murphy
Company bought the store, Mr. Walter had worked his way up to buyer. He left Morley Murphy in 1906 to form a partnership
in a new hardware and sheet metal company, later to be known as Green Bay Hardware, Inc., and was president there until
his retirement in 1953. He was a cofounder of the Paper Converting Machine Company, which is still active locally and
internationally, and served for a time as company president.
He and his wife, Minnie Walter, were the parents of one daughter, Arlene. Mr. Walter died in 1954.
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