Walker, R. H. (Rudger Harper), 1902-1979
Dates
- Existence: 1902 - 1979
Biographical History
R. H. Walker (1902-1979) was a dean in Brigham Young University's College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences.
Rudger Harper Walker was born on August 20, 1902, to parents W. A. Walker and Lavina Harper. He received a BS degree in agronomy from Brigham Young University in 1923. On June 6, 1923, he married Fawn Lucile Davies. He was the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Utah State University, and also served as a visiting faculty member at the American University at Beirut. In 1960, he was named dean of the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences at Brigham Young University, and he served in that position until 1968. He died in June 1979.
Citation:
Summary of snow survey data for the state of Utah, 1954: t.p. (R.H. Walker; Director, Utah State Agricultural Experiment Station, Logan, Utah)RLIN, Feb. 16, 2005 (hdg.: Walker, Rudger Harper, 1902-; Walker, R. H.; usage: R. H. Walker)
UPB files, Feb. 16, 2005 (Rudger H. Walker; agronomist, educator; schooling at Ricks College, BYU, and Iowa State; teacher and researcher at Colorado, Iowa, and Utah State Universities, and at Brigham Young Univ.)
Find A Grave, via WWW, January 24, 2019 (Rudger Harper Walker; born 20 August 1902 in Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho; died 4 June 1979 in Provo, Utah County, Utah)
Familysearch, Aug. 8, 2014 (Rudger Walker: United States Social Security Death Index; b. August 20, 1902; d. June 1979)
Familysearch, Aug. 11, 2014 (Rudger Harper Walker: Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937; parents W. A. Walker and Lavina Harper; married Fawn Lucile Davies on June 6, 1923)
Brigham Young High School, Aug. 8, 2014 (Collegiate Grads of BYU 1904-1935; received a BS degree in agronomy in 1923)
Daily Herald, May 26, 1960: p. 22 (named dean in 1960; director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Utah State University)
BYU Organizational History Project, Aug 11, 2014 (Brigham Young University. College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences; dean until 1968)
UPB Files, Aug 8, 2014 (dean of the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences at Brigham Young University; director of the agricultural program at Utah State University; visiting faculty at the American University at Beirut)
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
College of Biology and Agriculture photographs
Contains photographs of the deans, faculty, classes, facilities, and groups of the College of Biology and Agriculture as well as its predecessors, the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences and the College of Applied Sciences. Dated approximately 1885-2005.
Oral history interview with R. H. Walker
Interview by Mark K. Allen with Rudger H. Walker, agronomist, educator, and Brigham Young University dean, concerning his childhood experiences in Idaho, school experiences at Ricks College, BYU, and Iowa State. Also speaks of his teaching and research experiences at Colorado, Iowa, and Utah State Universities, and at BYU. Comments on his work assignments in Iran, Siam and Lebannon. Includes transcript and sound recording.
R. H. Walker personal papers, 1967-1971
Contains personal papers of Rudger H. Walker, including papers on ward and welfare assignments at the stake level for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, family history, clippings on political topics, and UNESCO.
R. H. Walker professional papers, 1952-1977
Contains reports on the construction, budgeting, and administration of the American University at Beirut, yearbooks, letters, speeches, publications, and minutes from Rudger H. Walker's time at University of Beirut, and other professional papers of Walker related to Brigham Young University and agriculture. Materials dated 1952 to 1977.
R. H. Walker papers
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