Background
Walter, Richard Lawrence was born on November 1, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence Barnabas and Marie Ann (Boehmer) Walter.
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Richard Lawrence Walter
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Bachelor of Science, St. Procopius College, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Notre Dame U., 1960.
Career
Teaching assistant, research assistant, Notre Dame U., 1955-1959;
research associate department physics, University of Wisconsin, 1960-1961;
instructor, University of Wisconsin, 1961-1962;
assistant professor physics, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1962-1967;
associate professor, Duke U., 1967-1974;
professor, Duke U., since 1974. Visiting staff member Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1964, 70, 75. Visiting professor Max Planck Institute fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany, 1970-1971, Fudan U., Shanghai and Tsinghua U., Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1985, 88, 91, 94-96, 98.
Staff Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, since 1970, associate director, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Physical Society, Environmental Metals Group (council 1973-1976), Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma (national council 1964-1968).
Connections
Married Carol Elizabeth Goethals, December 27, 1958. Children— Timothy, Susan, Matthew.
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American