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 is a US not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserve, protect and perpetuate the work of influential American mythologist Joseph Campbell (1904–1987). It fosters academic and popular discussion in the fields of ...

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

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'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 The ''Historical Atlas of World Mythology'' is a multi-volume series of books by Joseph Campbell that traces developments in humankind's mythological symbols and stories from pre-history forward. Campbell is perhaps best known as a comparativis ...

''. 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

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, 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 ''

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

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; 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

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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

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

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