Background
Walters, William Ben was born on April 26, 1938 in Highland, Kansas, United States. Son of Ben Guthrie and Dolly Varden (Shaw) Walters.
Walters, William Ben was born on April 26, 1938 in Highland, Kansas, United States. Son of Ben Guthrie and Dolly Varden (Shaw) Walters.
AS, Highland College, 1957; Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1964.
Assistant professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1965-1970. Associate professor chemistry University Maryland, College Park, 1970-1977, professor, since 1977, associate chairman department, 1982-1986, information technical council, since 2007. Visiting professor University Louvain, Belgium, 1978.
Chair University Senate, 1999-1900. Member physics advisory committee Grand Accelerateur National d lons Lourds, 2003-2006.
Fellow University Leuven, Belgium, 2008. Member American Physical Society, European Physical Society, American Chemical Society (chairman division nuclear chemistry 1986), Rotary (board directors College Park 1990-1991, since 2000).
Married Barbara Lulu Sternaman, August 5, 1962. Children: Katharine, David.