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Walter Holden Capps (May 5, 1934 – October 28, 1997) was an American academic and politician. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 22nd congressional district from January 1997 until his death nine months later.
Walter Capps personified the highest ideals of the humanities and of public service. For more about Walter Capps and the Capps Center's founding, see the History of the Capps Center and this 2008 article in the Santa Barbara Independent .
Apr 10, 2008 · Walter Capps loved teaching, public discourse, representative democracy, and his tuba. On Tuesday afternoon, October 28, 1997, Professor Richard Hecht, a Judaic scholar and chairman of UCSB’s Religious Studies Department, took an emergency call from the university’s news office.
- Jerry Roberts
Nov 6, 2023 · Celebrating the legacy of Walter Capps. The lessons and impacts of Walter Capps — the revered UC Santa Barbara religious studies professor turned national leader — remain touchstones for many of his former students and academic and political contemporaries.
Walter H. Capps: The Man. From 1963 to 1996, Walter Capps was a professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the last two years serving as chair of the department.
Feb 23, 2024 · Walter H. Capps Archives Online. This webpage includes books, chapters, and articles written by Walter H. Capps; scholarly appraisals of Capps' work; news articles about him; and files from his archives at the UCSB Library's Special Research Collections.
Nov 24, 2023 · The life and legacy of UC Santa Barbara religious studies professor Walter Capps was celebrated at a Veterans Day panel discussion on his ground-breaking Vietnam War class, hosted by the Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life.
