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| Dr. Calvin Walker has been named the Executive Vice-Chancellor and Director of Department: Agriculture, Research and Extension Center Special Projects at the SU Ag Center. |
Baton
Rouge, La. – Calvin Walker, Ph.D., has been named the Executive
Vice-Chancellor and Director of Department: Agriculture, Research and Extension
Center Special Projects at the Southern University Agricultural Research and
Extension Center.
The position was approved on October 18 during the Southern University Board of
Supervisors' regular meeting in Baton Rouge, La.
Walker
recently held the position of interim Chancellor- Dean of the Southern
University Ag Center and the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer
Sciences.
For
more than 30 years, Dr. Walker has been a professor of animal science at
Southern University and A&M College.
He
has also served as Associate
Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, Auxiliary Services, and External
Affairs; 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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