Walter Johns Decker

Background

Decker, Walter Johns was born on June 13, 1933 in Tannersville, New York, United States. Son of H. Russell and Leola May (Coons) Decker.

Education

Bachelor, State University of New York, Albany, 1954; Master of Arts, State University of New York, Albany, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1966.

Career

Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1955; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Army, 1970; retired, United States Army, 1975; associate professor, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1976-1983; president, Toxicology Cons. Superior vena cava syndrome, El Paso, Texas, 1984-1997. Adjunct clinical professor Texas Technology U., El Paso, since 1991.

Achievements

• Walter Johns Decker has been listed as a noteworthy Toxicologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member science review panel National Library. Medicine's Hazardous Substance Data Bank, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1985. Chair steering committee West Texas Poison Center, El Paso, 1994-1996.

Fellow American Academy Clinical Toxicology. Member Society Toxicology.

Connections

Married Barbara Allen Hart, August 19, 1961. Children: Karl Hart, Reid Johns, Sam Travis.

Father:

H. Russell Decker

Mother:

Leola May (Coons) Decker

Spouse:

Barbara Allen Hart

child:

Reid Johns Decker

child:

Karl Hart Decker

child:

Sam Travis Decker