Walter Beebe Partner, Jacobs Persinger & Parker New York, New York

Walter Beebe is an attorney admitted to the New York, Federal, and U.S. Supreme Courts. He is the founder in 1983 of the New York Open Center, a nonprofit holistic learning center that seeks to integrate the intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual elements of life. Among several present and former Boards of Directors, he has served the Bank Street College of Education and the Interfaith Center of New York. In 1989, he created Garden Associates to advise other nascent centers similar to the NY Open Center.

Academic Credentials

• B.A, Harvard University, 1962 (cum laude)
• LL.B., Stanford University, 1965

Professional History

• Partner, Jacobs Persinger & Parker, 1966-

Professional Service (present and former)

• Board of Directors, Westar Institute
• Founder, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, New York Open Center
• Founder, Garden Associates
• Board of Directors, New Jersey Steel Corporation
• Board of Directors, Von Roll of America, Inc. and subsidiaries
• Board of Directors, Bank Street College of Education
• Board of Directors, Near East Foundation
• Board of Directors, Interfaith Center of New York
• Board of Directors, Greyston Foundation
• Co-Host, White House Commission on Alternative Medicine

 Married, 5 children, 4 grandchildren