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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: A. B. C. Walker papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0658
Physical Description:
29.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1983-1990
Summary: Collection pertains to
his research and teaching and includes grant files (proposals, budgets, correspondence,
etc.); photographs of stellar phenomena (prints and negatives); drawings, graphs, charts and
computer printouts; and files from the classes he taught at Stanford.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
A. B. C. Walker Papers (SC0658). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Arthur B. C. Walker, an innovative astrophysicist and a mentor of women and minority
students, was a professor of applied physics at Stanford University from January 1974 until
his death in 2001. He earned his B.S. in physics at Case Institute of Technology in 1957 and
his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in 1962. After completing his doctorate, he served 3
years in the U.S. Air Force at the Weapons Laboratory and then joined the Space Physics
Laboratory of the Aerospace Corporation. At Stanford, Walker constructed, launched, and
carried out observations of the Sun's Corona in successive rocket launched payload
experiments.
Collection pertains to his research and teaching and includes grant files (proposals,
budgets, correspondence, etc.); photographs of stellar phenomena (prints and negatives);
drawings, graphs, charts and computer printouts; and files from the classes he taught at
Stanford.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Astronomical instruments.
Sun -- Corona.
X-ray astronomy.