David Walker:
CLASS OF 1973
Nitro High SchoolClass of 1973
Nitro, WV
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityClass of 1977
Blacksburg, VA
David's Story
Life
Professional Vita
Graduated VaTech in 1977 BS Geophysics
Graduated WVU in 1979 MS Electrical Engineering/Physics
Specialized in nuclear spectroscopy & signal processing
Worked for a US Govt agency as a engineer/applied mathematician 1979-1983
While working went to grad school again part-time:
Graduated Johns Hopkins MS Computer Science 1979
Specialized in Numerical Analysis & Simulation
Went to another Govt agency worked there as a R/D scientist 1983-1998
Again going part-time, graduated George Mason University with an MS Physics 1995, Specialized in Astrophysics
US Govt sent me to school for my PhD, graduated WVU in 1999, with a multidisciplinary Engineering Science PhD,( I was allowed to combine course work in Electrical Engineering and Physics). Specialized in information theory and its applications to nonlinear dynamics and chaotic systems.
Still with the USG
Continue to manage an applied science & analytical group.
Retired in 2018, now living in Morgantown, WV.
doing technical consulting, that may stop come this June.
Personal Vita
Married 1987, wife Jane (yep she still is with me... amazing! :) )
1 child, daughter Rachel Lee Born 1989, In high schook she was a straight A student, accomplished v...Expand for more
iolist, martial artist( 2nd degree black belt TKD) and good kid,
Rachel graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 2010 with a dual BS in Chemistry & Physics, minors in Math & Classical Civilizations
Rachel is now at WVU working on her PhD in Chemistry.
Rachel is now married, husband- Vince is a MD. The originally met at Randolph-Macon he went to NC State for Med school and they stayed together.. They have a daughter - Rachel Lee that makes me a Grandpa !
She has her PhD and now works for NIOSH in Pittsburgh
Hobbies
Martial Arts (I have no pretentious notions about this, I find it to be a more interesting form of exercise then jogging! Watching paint dry is more interesting then jogging!)
Not really doing much in martial arts anymore. Was doing another Chinese Internal Kung Fu called Bagua., but the school closed.
Back dabbling in karate again
I try to stay in shape doing weight-lifting
Trying to do a consistent jogging routine ( I still hate jogging!)
Cutting back on traveling
Retirement is starting to appear on the horizon. I haven't decided what's next. I can't imagine me sitting around doing nothing and getting old. You get old anyway so you might as well do something interesting.
That's all for now
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