Scott Walker (politician)

Walker was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Llew Walker, a Baptist minister, and Pat Walker, a bookkeeper. He moved with his family to Plainfield, Iowa when he was an infant, and then to Delavan, Wisconsin when he was ten years old.

While in high school, he attended two weeks of American Legion sponsored training in leadership and government; Badger Boys State held in Wisconsin, and the selective Boys Nation held in Washington, D.C. He has credited the experience with solidifying his interest in public service and giving him the “political bug”. He graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 1986 then attended Marquette University from 1986 to 1990, quitting about 36 credit hours short of graduation, with a grade point average in the C’s.

Walker explained his reasons for leaving college: “In the end, I figured I was in school to get a good job,” he said. “So once I had one, family became more important than getting a degree.” He worked for IBM in sales from 1988 to 1990, and in marketing and development at the Red Cross from 1990 to 1994, according to his LinkedIn profile. He is the first governor of Wisconsin in 64 years to not have a college degree.

So essentially we have a C average college dropout that only worked a total of six years in his life before becoming a politician.