Michael R. Walters

Michael R. Walters came to the University as Controller in 1978. He has held positions in the fiscal affairs of the University including Director of Business Services, Assistant and later, Associate Vice President for Fiscal Services prior to being promoted to Vice President on February 1, 2003.

Walters is a two time graduate of Morehead State University having earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an area of concentration in accounting in 1970, and a Master of Business Administration degree in 1989.

He also serves as treasurer of the University and the MSU Foundation, Inc. He is a director, treasurer and member of the executive committee of the Kentucky Folk Art Center, Inc. and serves on the Comprehensive University Committee of the Southern Association of College and University Business Officers.

A Certified Public Accountant, he is a former partner of Kelley, Galloway and Company, Certified Public Accountants in Ashland, KY. He is also a Certified Governmental Financial Manager.

MSU's chief fiscal and administrative officer is married to Sharon Walters, an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University. He has two children.