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EARLY LIFE Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker, Jr. was born on August 24, 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. Walker began his scientific career in the U.S. Air Force , and also worked at the Space Physics Laboratory of the Aerospace Corporation. He was a Professor at Stanford University from 1974 until his death in 2001. His first graduate student, Sally Ride , went on to become the first American woman in space. He was instrumental in building Congressional approval for the National Solar Observatory , and served on the Presidential commission to investigate the explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle . Throughout his academic career, Walker championed minority and underprivileged students within the university system, and was a leader in the community of black physicists. |