Background
Johnson, Walker Reed was born on September 3, 1931 in Chattanooga. Son of Albert Walker and Mary (Reed) Johnson.
Johnson, Walker Reed was born on September 3, 1931 in Chattanooga. Son of Albert Walker and Mary (Reed) Johnson.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Virginia Military Institute, 1953; certified, Oak Ridge School Reactor Technology, 1954; Doctor Science in Engineering Physics, University of Virginia, 1962.
Shielding engineer Electric Boat division, General Dynamics, Groton, Connecticut, 1954-1955; nuclear engineer, Alco Products Company, Inc., Schenectady, New York, 1955-1957; project engineer nuclear engineering Department, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1958-1960; member of faculty nuclear engineering Department, University Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1962; lecturer nuclear engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1964-1966; associate professor nuclear engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1966-1968; professor nuclear engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1968-1985; research professor nuclear engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1985-1992; professor emeritus, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1992. Administrative judge The United States of America National Research Council, Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board, Bethesda, Maryland., 1974-1991.
Member Committee on Foreign Relations, Charlottesville. Fellow American Nuclear Society (chairman radiation protection and dosimetry division 1973-1974, Virginia section 1991-1992), Tau Beta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Vivien Rowland, June 17, 1956. Children— Dorothy, Mary Reed, V. Ross.