Background
Walters, Orville Selkirk was born on July 17, 1903 in Enid, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Frank Simpson and Marjory Pollock (Hynde) Walters.
Walters, Orville Selkirk was born on July 17, 1903 in Enid, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Frank Simpson and Marjory Pollock (Hynde) Walters.
Associate of Arts, Central College, McPherson, Kansas, 1922. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kansas, 1927, Master of Arts, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, 1934.
Doctor of Medicine Saint Saint Louis University, 1939.
Instructor biology Central College, McPherson, 1927-1928, president, 1939-1944. Instructor chemistry Enid High School, 1928-1929. Manager Garber Tool Company (Oklahoma), 1929-1930.
Instructor physiology U. Kansas, 1930-1934, Saint Saint Louis University, 1934-1939.
Intern Wesley Hospital, Wichita, Kansas, 1943-1944. Family physician, Buhler, Kansas, 1944-1945, McPherson, 1945-1953.
Fellow Menninger School Psychiatry, staff psychiatrist Veterans Administration Hospital., Topeka, 1953-1956. Staff psychiatrist Veterans Administration Hospital., Danville, Illinois, lecturer psychology with rank associate professor of University Illinois, 1956-1958, director health services, medical director State Universities Retirement System, professor health science, lecturer psychiatry University of Illinois, Urbana, 1958-1968, research professor health science, lecturer psychiatry, 1968-1971.
Assistant medical director for psychiatry Methodist Hospital, Peoria, Illinois, 1971-1974.
Clinical professor psychiatry Peoria School Medicine, University of Illinois, 1971-1975. Visiting professor Union Biblical Seminary, Yeotmal, India, 1969-1970. Secretary-treasurer, director Institute for Advanced Christian Studies, 1970-1974, president, 1974-1975.
Director Free Methodist Foundation, University of Illinois, 1958-1971.
Chairman of the board of trustees Greenville (Illinois) College, 1957-1964. Director leadership training Free Methodist Church North America, 1937-1959.
Diplomate American Board Psychiatry and Neurology.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member of the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, Academy Religion and Mental Health, Christian Medical Society (vice president 1965-1966), American Physiological Society, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Geneva Fern Faley, August 27, 1930. Children: Stanley David, Richard Paul, Margery Jean (Mistress George Douglas Browning).