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In memory of
Walter "Walt" Jerome Lamberg
1942 - March 1, 2025
1942 - Mar 1, 2025
Walt's timeline
1942
Born
1942
St. Louis, MO
1960
Enrolled in College
1960
Washington University in St. Louis, Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO
1961
Saw Dizzy Gillespie play at Gaslight Square
1961
St. Louis, MO
1962
Met Dave Brubeck after his concert
1962
St. Louis, MO
1963
Moved
1963
Houston, TX
1964
Graduated from college
1964
University of Houston, Martin Luther King Boulevard, Houston, Texas
English Education
1966
Graduated from graduate school
1966
Houston, TX
Masters in English Education in University of Houston
Moved
July 1st, 1966
Los Angeles, CA
Started a job at Los Angeles Unified School District, English composition for high school seniors.
September 1st, 1966
East Los Angeles, CA
1967
Army selective service notice; DRAFTED.
June 27th, 1967
Los Angeles, CA
Army enlisted
August 18th, 1967
Pittsburgh, PA
1968
Army Military Intelligence Specialist training begins
May 1st, 1968
Army deployment to Korea
July 1st, 1968
1969
Army return to USA
August 1st, 1969
Army Military Intelligence Instructor training begins
September 1st, 1969
Fort Holabird Park, Baltimore, MD
1970
Army early release to attend school
June 1st, 1970
Fort Holabird Park, Baltimore, MD
Got married to Susan Pharoan
June 5th, 1970
Towson, MD
1973
Army honorable discharge
August 17th, 1973
1974
Graduated from graduate school
1974
University of Michigan, South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D., English Education
Started a job at University of Texas
1974
Austin, TX
Moved to Austin, Texas
June 1st, 1974
Austin, TX
1977
Had a child, Alan Lamberg
1977
Austin, TX
1980
Started a job at Self-Employed Textbook Author
1980
Towson, MD
Moved to Baltimore Country
May 1st, 1980
Towson, MD
1982
Got divorced from Susan Pharoan
1982
Towson, MD
Started a job at USF&G, Technical Writer and Unit Manager
1982
Baltimore, MD
1992
Heart attack
1992
Towson, MD
1993
Started a job at Editorial Consultant, self-employed
1993
Baltimore, MD
1995
Started a job at Maryland Casualty, which later merged with Zurich (Technical Writer and Unit Manager)
1995
Baltimore, MD
2007
Retired
2007
Towson, MD
Publishing began of recorded song demos (folk, blues, country)
2007
2011
Published "Death and Downsizing," a Baltimore homicide detective novel
March 5th, 2011
2012
Published "Cultural Primitivism in the Poetry of WB Yeats" his PhD thesis
2012
Publishing began of his "For the Good Guys in the Army" series
2012
2013
Publishing began for this "Hirsch" fictional series inspired by his life after the Army
2013
2016
Published a drama-thriller novel co-written with his son.
2016
2017
Moved
2017
Pueblo, Colorado
2019
Publishing started of a series of lyrical song books.
2019
2025
Passed away
March 1st, 2025
Pueblo, CO
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Created with love by
Alan Lamberg (Walt's son) and
Susan Pharoan (Walt's ex-wife).
