NICHOLAS W. WALTNER ’86

NICHOLAS W. WALTNER, an investment banker, died Aug. 6, 2016, as a result of complications from an auto accident. He was 52. At Wesleyan he majored in German and Physics. After graduation he started a successful career in investment banking, working for Paine Webber before attending the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. After business school he joined Salomon Brothers, where he spent much of his career. Later, he also worked for Citigroup and Banc of America Securities. His career took him around the world and he lived in New York, Zurich, and Tokyo. He was fluent in German, Japanese, and Spanish. An avid endurance athlete, he competed in ultra-endurance events, biked alone across the U.S., and raced in multiple triathlons. In 2002 he and his family moved back to Seattle, where he led several real estate and investment ventures, studied for his degree in computational linguistics at the University of Washington, and was active in the Catholic Church. Among those who survive are his wife, Silvia Coxe Waltner; three children, including Olivia Waltner ’20; his brother; and a large extended family.