Mark Walter (Law ’85), part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will deliver the main address at the School of Law convocation May 17.
Walter serves as chief executive officer and a member of the board and executive committee of Guggenheim Capital, a privately held financial services company. The address is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Chicago Theatre.
Walter also founded Liberty Hampshire Company, which provides risk management services, and is the chairman of EquiTrust Life Insurance Company. He is a trustee or director of multiple organizations, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Security Benefit Corporation. Walter recently made headlines for paying $2.15 billion for the Dodgers, doubling the team’s cost.
Walter received his undergraduate degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.
— Cat Zakrzewski
