Background
Walker, Wilbur Gordon was born on September 18, 1926 in Lena, Louisiana, United States. Son of Daniel Clark and Ettie (Hodnett) Walker.
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Wilbur Gordon Walker
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Student, Louisiana State University, 1942-1944, 46-47; student, Louisiana College, 1947; Doctor of Medicine Tulane University, 1951.
Career
Intern, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1951-1952;
assistant resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1953-1954;
fellow in medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1954-1956;
resident physician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1956-1957;
physician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, since 1957;
director Clinical Research Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1960-1988;
faculty, Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, since 1956;
professor medicine, Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, since 1968;
professor international health, Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, since 1990;
Chairman of Commission on clinical investigation, Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, 1964-1971;
professor international health, Johns Hopkins University School Medical, since 1990;
educational policy committee, Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, 1976-1980;
Executive Committee, department medical, 1973-1979;
admissions committee, Johns Hopkins University School Medical, 1988-1992;
director renal division, Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, 1958-1988;
admissions committee, Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, 1988-1992. Attending physician Baltimore City Hospital, 1960-1988. Established investigator American Heart Association, 1957-1960.
Director department research medicine Good SamaritanHosp., Baltimore, since 1968. Chairman medical board, 1972-1974. Visiting professor Guys Hospital Medical School, London, 1980.
Clinical, research centers committee National Institutes of Health, 1970-1976, renal disease and urology grants committee, 1968-1976, chairman clinical research centers committee, 1975-1976. McIlrath professor, honorary consultant physician Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia, since 1968. Chairman Council on Research Maryland.
Heart Association, 1963-1964. Chairman medical advisory board Maryland. Kidney Foundation, 1966-1968.
Member Maryland. Governor's Commision on Kidney Disease, 1970-1980, 83-88. Chairman Maryland. Kidney Commission, 1975-1980. Chairman computer committee division research resources National Institutes of Health, 1973-1975, hypertension and chronic renal failure working group, 1988-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Maryland. Heart Association Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Physiological Society American Foundation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Nephrology, Council High Blood PressureResearch, American Clinical and Climatological Association, Interurban Clinical Club (sec.1977-1981, president 1981-1982).
Connections
Married Betty Couch, August 23, 1947. Children: Wilbur Gordon, Martha Jane, Joseph Marshall, Carla Frances.
