Past recipients of the Walker Award
2022: Dr. Jedidah C. Isler, Principal Assistant Director for STEM Opportunity & Engagement at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
2019: Dr. William M. Jackson Jr., Research and Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Davis
2019 recipient of the Arthur B.C. Walker II Scholarship selected by Dr. Jackson: DeAngelo R. Wooley, who at the time of the award attended University of California, Davis.
2017: George Carruthers, Naval Research Laboratory
Dr. Goerge R. Curruthers, esteemed astrophysicist and inventor passed away at 81 on December 31, 2020. News Release.
2016: Katherine Johnson, NASA
2016 recipient of the Arthur B.C. Walker II Scholarship selected by Katherine Johnson: Edwina Na-jama Barnett, who at the time of the award attended West Virginia State University, where notable alumni Katherine Johnson graduated in 1937.
Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician and inaugural recipient of the Arthur B.C. Walker II Award passed away at 101 on February 24, 2020. News Release.
