Willard Brewer Walker

Background

Walker, Willard Brewer was born on July 29, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Henry Clowes and Helen (Brewer) Walker.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1950. Master of Arts, University Arizona, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1964.

Career

Teaching fellow department modern languages, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1960-1961; research assistant comparative study codes and models, Cornell Univercity, National Institute Mental Health, Ithaca, New York, 1963; research associate department anthropology, U. Chicago, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1964-1966; assistant professor anthropology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1966-1970; associate professor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1970-1977; professor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1977-1989; professor emeritus, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, since 1989; chairman anthropology department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1971, 74-77; chairman linguistics program, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1986-1989.

Achievements

• Willard Brewer Walker has been listed as a noteworthy anthropology educator, linguist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Cherokee primer

Membership

Member Linguistic Society of America, American Society Ethnohistory, Society Study Indigenous Languages of the American mathematical society.

Interests

• Forestry.

Connections

Married C. Pearline Large, October 18, 1952. Children: Christopher William, Andrew Francis.