Walter Cruickshank
Walter Cruickshank is an American academic and government administrator who is the Deputy Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the United States Department of the Interior.
Prior to becoming the Deputy Director of BOEM upon its establishment in October 2011, Dr. Cruickshank served as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement and the former MMS since 2002.
Cruickshank has a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in minerals management from Pennsylvania State University.