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Rank
Major General

Washington. In a letter to the Continental Congress the bureaucratic red tape. The
the President wrote, “I would humbly propose that four generals and their team BRanCH
some provision should be overcame great Army
made for a judge advocate... hurdles to get
[and that he should receive] to this point.
captain’s pay--an allowance
(in my opinion) scarcely But Walter B. Huffman isn’t the
adequate to the service.” kind of guy to rest on his laurels
for long. He is already preparing
After the four-year term as to regroup with his fellow generals
TJAG ended, he returned to and colleagues. The Dean Emeritus
Lubbock to become dean of and the rest of the team are leading
the Texas Tech Law School. the charge to improve the quality
He is now Dean Emeritus, but of care for their fellow veterans.
before his term expired, he They wouldn’t admit it, but that’s
says he “promoted” himself why we recognize all of them as
to the teaching faculty which heroes and statesmen.
he thoroughly enjoys.

Walt was married for 46 years
to Anne Robison Huffman. She passed away
in 2011. They raised 3 children, Burl, Becky
and Ross (deceased). A few years later another
love story unfolded. At his 50th LHS reunion,
Walter found a girl who had been his high
school sweetheart a lifetime ago. He married
Kathy White in 2013. She is well known to many
members of First Baptist Church because her
parents were the celebrated “Mom and Pop”
White. The former model is lovely inside and
out. She doesn’t mind saying that Anne is the
one who deserves the credit for supporting
her husband during the stressful Army
years. Together Walt and Kathy have eight
grandchildren.

The VA Super Clinic (story on pp 6-7) is about
to become a reality. Dr. Bernhard Mittemeyer,
the instigator of the project says, “It really
helped to have a lawyer on the team.” Walter
Huffman’s expertise was crucial in navigating

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