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Walter Cunningham (born March 16, 1932 in Creston,
Iowa) was an American astronaut.

After completing high school in California, he
joined the U.S. Navy in 1951 and began flight
training in 1952. He served on active duty with
the U.S. Marine Corps from 1953 until 1956.

Cunningham received bachelor of arts and master of
arts degrees in respectively 1960 and 1961, both
in physics from the University of California at
Los Angeles. He then worked as a scientist for the
Rand Corporation.

Cunningham was one of the third group of
astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. On
October 11, 1968, he occupied the lunar module
pilot seat for the eleven-day flight of Apollo 7.

He left NASA in 1971, graduated from Harvard
Business School's Advanced Management Program in
1974, and worked as a business man and investor in
a number of private ventures. In 1977, he
published The All-American Boys, a reminiscence of
his astronaut days. Currently he is a radio
personality and public speaker.