Background
Walker, JAmes FredErick was born on July 30, 1904 in Riverton, Alabama, United States. Son of James Fred and Elizabeth Dorcas (Ellis) Walker.
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JAmes FredErick Walker
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, University Mississippi, 1927. Master of Science, University Mississippi, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1935.
Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963.
Career
Instructor United States Navy Aviation Pre-Flight School University Iowa, 1943-1944. Associate professor anatomy College Osteopathic Physicians, Los Angeles, 1944-1945, professor, 1945. Professor biology University Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 1945-1972, head division biological science, 1946-1957, Distinguished University professor, 1972-1974, chairman department biology, 1957-1968, associate dean science, 1968-1970, distinguished university professor emeritus, since 1974.
Class director Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, summers 1948-1950.
Achievements
Membership
President Forrest County Community Action Program. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (council). Member Mississippi Academy of Sciences (president 1941-1942, director 1949-1950 plaque for outstanding contribution), American Physiological Society (associate, grantee University Miami 1957), Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Connections
Married Mildred Beulah Lewis, March 20, 1927 (deceased June 1974). 1 child, James Frederick.
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Religion
Methodist -
Political Party
Republican