<b>Walter Irving "Bob" Palmer</b> (1926–2004) was an American aircraft engineer, educator, farmer and politician.  Palmer represented the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenai_Peninsula_Borough,_Alaska" class="extiw" title="w:Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska">Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Senate" class="extiw" title="w:Alaska Senate">Alaska Senate</a> from 1967 to 1974, resigning to become chief of staff to governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Hammond" class="extiw" title="w:Jay Hammond">Jay Hammond</a> and later an adviser to Hammond on policy issues.
Elaine B. Mitchell (editor)
<i>Alaska Blue Book</i> (First edition), Alaska Department of Education, Division of State Libraries, p. 81