Walker Lee Cisler was an American engineer and utility executive who helped shape the country's electric power and civilian nuclear industries. Born in 1897, he rose at Detroit Edison from chief engineer in 1943 to chairman of the board in 1964, and during the Second World War served under General Dwight Eisenhower as chief of public utilities for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, overseeing the reconstruction of Europe's damaged electrical infrastructure. Cisler was an early leader in nuclear power development, serving as the first president of the Atomic Industrial Forum and as executive secretary to the Atomic Energy Commission's Industrial Advisory Group in the late 1940s, and he was a strong advocate for fast breeder reactor technology. He received the IEEE Edison Medal, the Hoover Medal and the John Fritz Medal, and after retiring from Detroit Edison in 1975 he advised foreign governments on energy industry development.
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