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'''George Thomas Walker, Sr.''' (March 2, 1913 – June 17, 2011), was from 1958 to 1976 the president of the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], known first as Northeast Louisiana State College and then as Northeast Louisiana State University, located in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in northeastern [[Louisiana]].
'''George Thomas Walker, Sr.''' (March 2, 1913 – June 17, 2011), was from 1958 to 1976 the president of the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], known first as Northeast Louisiana State College and then as Northeast Louisiana State University, located in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in northeastern [[Louisiana]].
==Background==
==Background==
Walker was born in the Wyatt Community of Jackson Parish near the Winn Parish line in north Louisiana, the second youngest of nine sons and two daughters of William Thomas Walker and the former Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stovall (1877–1951). At the time of his mother's death in 1951, the obituary lists George Walker as a dean at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] and his youngest brother, [[William Stewart Walker]] as a [[lieutenant colonel]] in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. Another brother, Edgar Lee "Ed" Walker (1901–1972), was a [[football]] coach for the [[University of Mississippi]] Rebels at Oxford, [[Mississippi]], who led his team to an early Orange Bow] competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transportcemetery.com/Walker_MES.html|title=Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stovall|publisher=Transport Cemetery records, Dodson, Louisiana|accessdate=July 19, 2009}}</ref>
Walker was born in the Wyatt Community of Jackson Parish near the Winn Parish line in north Louisiana, the second youngest of nine sons and two daughters of William Thomas Walker and the former Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stovall (1877–1951). At the time of his mother's death in 1951, the obituary lists George Walker as a dean at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] and his youngest brother, [[William Stewart Walker]] as a [[lieutenant colonel]] in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. Another brother, Edgar Lee "Ed" Walker (1901–1972), was a [[football]] coach for the [[University of Mississippi]] Rebels at Oxford, [[Mississippi]], who led his team to an early Orange Bow] competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transportcemetery.com/Walker_MES.html|title=Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stovall|publisher=Transport Cemetery records, Dodson, Louisiana|accessdate=July 19, 2009}}</ref>