WALTERS, DAVID M. Former CEO of a Miami-based law firm. Served as Ambassador to the Vatican during the administration of President Jimmy Carter. In 1979, Mr. Walters firm came under government investigation for alleged improper issuance of US passports to foreign clients. Mr. Walters was not directly implicated but, as a result of the investigation, resigned his post with the Holy See.  Mr. Walters was the founder of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami.
 
SP - Signed Photograph.  Handsome 8”x10” color, matte-finish, heavy-weight Foto Felici showing Ambassador Walters presenting his credentials to (now) Pope Saint Paul VI. Entirely in his handwriting, Mr. Walters has penned the following note on the image verso:  “David M. Walters, Presidential Envoy with Pope, Oct/77, when he presented his letter from President Carter.”