Born
September 21st 1958 in Paris France

Parents
Radell Faraday Nelson
Kirsten Enge

Education
BA in History from University of California at Berkeley, Class of 1981

Military Service
US Army, Military Intelligence Branch. 1981-1984

Current Employment
Librarian and Web Designer, The RAND Corporation, 1985 to present.

Married to Sheila Murphy since 1981

Walter has been involved in numerous aspects of public history for over thirty years, and has participated in hundreds of living history programs in the US and Britain covering eras from the Middle Ages to the Second World War. He has lectured on topics such as Victorian etiquette, historical games, phrenology, historical costume and the history of dance.

He has appeared numerous times on the History Channel and A&E, and has been interviewed as an expert on primitive firearms on the "Modern Marvels" program.

He is currently involved in organizing highly successful "Vintage Dance" programs such as the "Jane Austen Evening" and the "Avalon Ball", and is the president and founder of the "Lively Arts History Association", an educational non-profit dedicated to teaching history through the performing arts. He also works as a consultant in historical programs for organizations like Pio Pico State Historic Park, the Banning House, the Huntington Library, The Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Rancho Los Cerritos.

He is president of the Los Encinos Docents Association at Los Encinos State Historic Park in Encino and is working the the State of California to develop a long term interpretive program for the park.