Walter Washington

thumb| Walter Edward Washington (April 15, 1915 – October 27, 2003) was an American civil servant and politician. After a career in public housing, Washington was the chief executive of the District of Columbia from 1967 to 1979, serving as the first and only Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia from 1967 to 1974, and as the first Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1975 to 1979. Quotes People are not an interruption of our business. People are our business. Attributed, c. 1971, in Suzy Platt (ed.) Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989), p. 253, no. 1,345. Last sentence also in Mary Blount White, Letters from Harry and Helen (New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1917), ch. 28, p. 119. See also: "Quote Origin: The Customer is Not an Interruption in Our Work; He Is the Purpose of It", Quote Investigator (August 2, 2012) External links Category:Mayors of Washington, D.C. Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians Category:African Americans Category:1915 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Civil servants