Robert Walter is an editor and an executive with several not-for-profit organizations. Most notably, he is the executive director and board president of the

Joseph Campbell Foundation The Joseph Campbell Foundation (JCF) is a US not-for-profit organization dedicated to the work of influential American mythologist Joseph Campbell (1904–1987). The organization’s stated mission is to “invite you to experience the power of my ...

(JCF), an organization that he helped found in 1990 with choreographer

Jean Erdman Jean Erdman (February 20, 1916 – May 4, 2020) was an American dancer and choreographer of modern dance as well as an avant-garde theater director, and the wife of Joseph Campbell. Biography Early years and background Erdman was born in Honol ...

Joseph Campbell Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of t ...

's widow. In 1979, Walter was an editor with Alfred van der Marck Editions. He began to work on several projects with Campbell, who subsequently named him editorial director of his '' Historical Atlas of World Mythology''. Following Campbell's death in 1987, Walter served as literary executor of Campbell's estate, completing Volumes I and II of the ''Atlas'' and supervising its posthumous publication. With JCF publishing director David Kudler, he continues to oversee the publication of Campbell's ''oeuvre'', including the video series Joseph Campbell's Mythos and the other works in the '' Collected Works of Joseph Campbell'' series, including the 2008 edition of ''

The Hero with a Thousand Faces ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces'' (first published in 1949) is a work of comparative mythology by Joseph Campbell, in which the author discusses his theory of the mythological structure of the journey of the archetypal hero found in world my ...

.'' Prior to his work in publishing, Walter was a founding faculty fellow at the

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a Private university, private art school in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for ...

; lectured widely on experiential education; and pursued a professional theater career, working for a decade as a director, production manager, and playwright. Bob was a founding trustee of

United Religions Initiative The United Religions Initiative (URI) is a global grassroots interfaith network. It has local and global initiatives through more than 1100 member groups and organizations, called Cooperation Circles, to engage in community action such as confli ...

and has served that organization as treasurer and as a member of its Global Council. He currently serves as the president of the elected board of trustees for the public

Tamalpais Union High School District The Tamalpais Union High School District or TUHSD provides high school education to students residing in ten elementary districts in central and southern Marin County, California and parts of West Marin. The headquarters are on the property of ...

Marin County Marin County ( ) is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is ac ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

; his term expires in 2015.Richard Halstead, "8 town, city council seats at stake Nov. 4
''Marin Independent-Journal,'' August 14, 2003.

Notes

External links

Joseph Campbell Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walter, Robert Living people American book editors California Institute of the Arts faculty American theatre directors American educators Year of birth missing (living people)