David Moncrief Burke ’43
David Stewart Walker, Jr. ’43
At EHS, Mr. Burke was a Monitor, a member of the Missionary Society, the Whispers Board, and manager of the varsity basketball team. He played tennis, baseball, and ran track. After Episcopal, Mr. Burke graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.S. in commerce. He worked for American Airlines, the Valley National Bank, Carrington & Michaux Tobacco Company, and Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co., from where he retired as chairman and chief CEO in 2003. Mr. Burke served on the boards of Alexandria Community Health Center, Alexandria Hospital Corporation, Virginia Community Bankers Association, Virginia Bankers Association, Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, St. Agnes School, Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia, Virginia Theological Seminary, and Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company. He also served on the EHS Athletic Hall of Fame Committee from 2003-07. Mr. Burke is survived by his wife, Agnes; two daughters; six grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews including, George A. Burke, Jr. ’58. Other EHS relatives include his brothers, George A. Burke ’33 and Julian T. Burke ’35; and his son, David M. Burke, Jr. ’81.
At Episcopal, Mr. Walker was a member of the Fairfax Literary Society, the Missionary Society, and the varsity tennis and intramural basketball teams. He also served as a monitor and graduated cum laude, receiving the Whittle Prize. After Episcopal, he graduated from Villanova University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering while simultaneously serving in the Marine Corps Reserves. Mr. Walker returned to Episcopal in 1947 to teach math. In 1950, he was recalled to the armed services and served as a 1st Lieutenant in the Korean War from 1951-52. After his service he returned to EHS in numerous roles, including Administrative Assistant to the Headmaster, Assistant Headmaster, Head of the Math Department and Director of Studies. Mr. Walker also served on the Honor Committee, Long Range Planning Committee, the Curriculum committee, and was a statistician for the varsity football team. After retiring from EHS, he moved to Charlottesville and taught at Blue Ridge School.
of Irvington, Va., died May 10, 2016.
David Wilkinson Carr ’43
of Charlottesville, Va., died April 6, 2016. At EHS, Mr. Carr was a member of the Missionary Society, E-Club, Hop Committee, and Advisory Board. He served as Vice President and later President of the Fairfax Literary Society, Co-Office Boy, Senior Monitor, Sultan of Egypt, and School Room Keeper. He also played football, baseball, and basketball. After Episcopal, Mr. Carr joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served 30 months in the South Pacific. He then graduated from the University of Virginia, later serving as president of the Virginia Student Aid Foundation, the Thomas Jefferson Society, and the UVA Alumni Association. He was chairman of the Albemarle Planning Commission and the first president of the Farmington Country Club. As owner and president of Carr Realty and Management, he played a major role in the development of Barracks Road Shopping Center. Mr. Carr served on the EHS Board of Trustees from 1966 to 1972. Mr. Carr is survived by his wife, Martha; five children, including David W. Carr, Jr. ’73; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Other EHS relatives include son-in-law Clifford H. Fox ’75 and son-in-law J.A. Smith ’82.
of Charlottesville, Va., died Aug. 29, 2016.
William “Bill” Montague Backer ’44 of Warrenton, Va., died May 13, 2016.
At EHS, Mr. Backer was the president of the Fairfax Literary Society; a Monitor; a member of the JV football, winter track, and varsity track teams; the Eight-thirty Club, Missionary Society, The Chronicle Board, and was editor-in-chief of The Chronicle. After Episcopal, he spent two years in the Navy and then attended Yale University. Mr. Backer worked in advertising, and is most known as the creative mind behind the iconic 1971 “Hilltop” Coca-Cola ad featuring the song “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke”—which was paid homage to in the final scene of the series finale of “Mad Men”, leading to him being dubbed “the real Don Draper” during the last year of his life. Mr. Backer’s career began at Columbia Pictures and ended at Backer & Spielvogel, an advertising agency he founded with Carl Spielvogel in 1979. He wrote “The Care and Feeding of Ideas” in 1993, a book about his decades-long career and insight into creativity in advertising. He established the Dr. Joseph I. Waring, Jr. Scholarship Fund for students at EHS, in honor of his stepfather who was also an EHS alum in the class of 1914. Mr. Backer is survived by Ann, his wife of 30 years.
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