J. Walter Cahill, former President and Business Agent of IATSE Local 22, has retired. After serving in the U.S. Army with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Purple Heart, Cahill began working as a stagehand in 1968. From 1987 to 2004, Cahill served as Vice President, President, and Business Agent of Local 22. He is also on the Executive Committee of the AFL-CIO’s Union Veterans Council since its establishment in 2008. Cahill was elected to IATSE’s Executive Board in June 2000; he will continue serving as the political liaison for the IATSE.