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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, July 5, 1972
College Station, Texas
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Ue Pirc nS ' Jr ' 1‘ ;l der for the Texas Agricultural
A8sociati 8n, |i l M' x *' ens ' on ^ erv * ce > retired Friday
i XAMU H ”I fter a career spanning 35 years.
)n a_ Walker began his professional
pareer as a demonstration agent
|or the United States Department
Jof Agriculture Bureau of Ento-
l Knology and Plant Quarantine in
J June, 1936, with headquarters in
2?San Antonio. The following
Range Specialist Fred Walker retires after 35-year career
March, he joined the Extension
Service as county agricultural
agent for Culberson County. He
transferred to the same position
in Menard County in January,
1940.
The Extension official entered
military service in February,
1942, and served through Novem
ber, 1945. He was discharged with
the rank of captain in the honor
ary reserve for wounds received
in action. Walker’s military serv
ice included military intelligence
and navigator on a B-24. His
plane was shot down over Ger
many, and he spent some time
as a prisoner of war.
Walker returned to Menard
County as agricultural agent af
ter coming back from military
service. He remained there until
September, 1946, when he re
ceived a Sears Foundation Schol
arship award for graduate study
at A&M. He completed the M.S.
degree in range management and
was appointed range specialist
for the Extension Service at Col
lege Station in the fall of 1947.
Said Dr. John E. Hutchison,
Extension director: “He had the
distinction of being the first
range specialist named in the na
tion, and played a leading role
in establishing the importance of
this area of work. Mr. Walker
received national acclaim for his
work as range specialist. He play
ed a major role in popularizing
the grass and range judging con
test for both 4-H and FFA mem
bers and in developing a well-
rounded range improvement pro
gram for Texas.”
Walker was named state agri
cultural leader in October, 1957,
with responsibility for supervis
ing Extension agricultural spe
cialists. During the more than
14 years he served in this area,
the specialists’ staff tripled in
size.
“He provided leadership in pio
neering the area specialist con
cept where Extension specialists
are placed at the district head
quarter offices throughout the
state and can be immediately re
sponsive to the needs of the area
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they serve,” Hutchison said. “Un
der this leadership, Extension
specialists have had an increas
ingly important role in the de
velopment of in-depth Extension
education programs for each eco
nomically important agricultural
enterprise of the state.”
Early in 1972, Walker’s title
was changed to assistant director
and state agricultural program
leader in further recognition of
the importance of his work.
“Mr. Walker has made highly
significant contributions to the
improvement of Texas agriculture
and to the efficiency of Extension
programs,” Hutchison added. “His
dedication and performance are
an inspiration to all who know
him.”
A member of a pioneer Val
Verde County ranch family,
Walker is a 1936 graduate of
A&M with a B.S. in animal sci
ence. As an undergraduate, he
was a distinguished student and
a member of the Ross Volunteers.
Besides his M.S. degree, he has
done other graduate study at Col
orado State University.
Walker is a past president of
the Texas Section of the American
Society of Range Management
and received that organization’s
“Rancher of the Year” Award in
1965.
He is married to the former
Nell Seargeant of Brackettville.
The Walkers have one daughter,
Mrs. Dan Hawkins of Austin, and
three grandchildren. Walker’s
mother, Mrs. H. A. Walker, re
sides at Comstock, and Mrs.
Walker’s mother is Mrs. Laura
Seargeant of Brackettville.
The Walkers will continue to
make their home in College Sta
tion. He will have an active role
in the management of his ranch
and farming properties and other
investments and will also do some
consulting work.
MSC employes
are hospitalized
Two Memorial Student Center
staff members were hospitalized
last Wednesday after suffering
unrelated medical problems.
Under observation at St. Jo
seph Hospital are Bep^F. Sauteil,
MSC mg.in^desk supervisor, and
Mrs. Verlean Lewis, cook in the
center food service department.
Sauter collapsed while on duty
of what was at first believed to
be heart trouble. An MSC spokes
man said, however, the attending
doctor indicated it was not an
attack or stroke.
Mrs. Lewis was first taken to
the University Hospital with
chest pains. She was then trans
ferred by ambulance to St. Jo
seph. Conditions are not listed for
either patient.
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