Background
Walker, Laurence Colton was born on September 8, 1924 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Hobart Theodore and Laura Pearl (Johnson) Walker.
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Walker, Laurence Colton was born on September 8, 1924 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Hobart Theodore and Laura Pearl (Johnson) Walker.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1948. M. of Forestry, Yale University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York-Syracuse, 1953.
Certified Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1956.
Certified University Paris, 1946.
Ordained to ministry Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1981. With United States Forest Service, Texas and Alabama, 1948-1954. Associate professor University Georgia, 1954-1963.
Dean School Forestry Stephen F. Austin State University, 1963-1976, Lacy Hunt professor, since 1976.
Chief forester National Plant Food Institute, 1958-1970. Vice president East. Texas Area council Boy Scouts American, since 1974.
President Deep East. Texas Development Association, 1974-1975. President United Way County of Nacogdoches, 1979.
Fellow Society of America Foresters (Distinguished Service to Forestry award 1968), American Association for the Advancement of Science (councilman 1974), American Science Affiliation. Lodge: Rotary (Nacogdoches, Texas).
Married Anne Sinclair, June 17, 1948. Children– Janet Anne, Stephen Laurence, Wendy Elizabeth, Jean Marie.