Background
Walton, William Randolph was born on September 23, 1873 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter and Susan (MacArdell) Walton.
Walton, William Randolph was born on September 23, 1873 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter and Susan (MacArdell) Walton.
Public schools and Stevenson School Art, Pittsburgh, 1904-1905 (prize student).
R., Henry V., John M. Telegraph operator Erie Railroad, 1890. Later with engineering departments various rys., New York and Pennsylvania, and with engineering firms until 1906. Specialist, artist, Pennsylvania State Division Economics Zoölogy, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1906-1910.
With Bureau Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, since 1910, entomologist charge cereal and forage insect investigations, 1917-1923, senior entomologist, 1923-1943, now retired Specializes in dipterology, families of Syrphidae, Asilidae, and Tachinidae.
Fellow Entomological Society American, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Entomological Society Washington, American Association Economics Entomological.
Married Mary Agnes Becher, June 9, 1904. Children: Walter F., M. Margaret, William