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| Dr. C. Reuben Walker was appointed interim Chancellor-Dean of the SU Ag Center and College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences by the Southern University Board of Supervisors on February 21, 2019. |
Baton Rouge, La. – The Southern
University Board of Supervisors voted to approve Dr. C. Reuben Walker, Ph.D.,
as the interim Chancellor of the Southern University Agricultural Research and
Extension Center (SU Ag Center) and Dean of the College of Agricultural, Family
and Consumer Sciences.
The position was approved on Thursday,
February 21, 2019 during a regularly scheduled board meeting at Southern
University Shreveport in Shreveport, La.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Walker
has been a professor of animal science at Southern University and A&M
College.
Prior to the appointment, Dr. Walker
served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, Auxiliary
Services and External Affairs for the Southern University Ag Center and the
College of Agriculture.
He has also served as Associate Vice
Chancellor for Research and Technology Development, Chairman of the Department
of Agricultural Sciences, Chair of Agricultural Sciences and Urban Forestry,
Southern University Baton Rouge campus’ Division Leader of Agricultural
Sciences and Program Leader of Animal Science.
Dr. Walker earned a bachelor’s
degree in animal science from Louisiana Tech University and a Master’s and
Ph.D. in Animal Science from Oregon State University.
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