Draft:Walter John Lemke

Walter J. Lemke

Walter John Lemke (1891 - 1968) was a journalist, historian, and artist in Arkansas. The University of Arkansas' journalism school is named for hom.

He was born in Wausau, Wisconsin to Carl Lemke and Ulrika Block Lemke. He studied at the University of Wisconsin and University of Indiana before graduating with an A.B. degree from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio in 1911. He received his masters degree from Northwestern University.

Career
He worked at Midwestern newspapers before taking a job at the University of Arkansas handling publicity. He established a wartime newsletter for the university community during World War II and founded a press association.

He drew historical subjects including Fayetteville Female Seminary.

He married and had two children. He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery (Fayetteville, Arkansas).