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In addition to academic growth under his leadership, numerous support groups came to fruition: the Northeast Louisiana Concerts Association, NLU Foundation, NLU Athletic Scholarship Foundation, and the Northeast Louisiana Land Corporation.<ref name=obit/> The land corporation was created in 1965 with local business leaders with the goal of procuring land for university expansion.<ref name=builder/>
In addition to academic growth under his leadership, numerous support groups came to fruition: the Northeast Louisiana Concerts Association, NLU Foundation, NLU Athletic Scholarship Foundation, and the Northeast Louisiana Land Corporation.<ref name=obit/> The land corporation was created in 1965 with local business leaders with the goal of procuring land for university expansion.<ref name=builder/>
Walker's tenure at NLU corresponded in part with that of [[F. Jay Taylor]], the president from 1962 to 1987 of nearby [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. Under Taylor's tenure, Louisiana Tech grew in similar fashion to that of ULM under Walker. Taylor died a month before the passing of Walker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=f-jay-taylor&pid=151095320|title=Dr. F. Jay Taylor|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 17, 2011|accessdate=May 17, 2011}}</ref>
Walker's tenure at NLU corresponded in part with that of [[F. Jay Taylor]], the president from 1962 to 1987 of nearby [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. Under Taylor's tenure, Louisiana Tech grew in similar fashion to that of ULM under Walker. Taylor died a month before the passing of Walker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=f-jay-taylor&pid=151095320|title=Dr. F. Jay Taylor|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 17, 2011|accessdate=December 31, 2019}}</ref>
The tenures of Walker and Taylor also corresponded to that of [[Arnold Kilpatrick]], president of Northwestern State University from 1966 to 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://northwesternalumni.com/s/859/index.aspx?id=859&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=1141&ecid=1141&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=791|title=Home Named in Honor of Former NSU President|publisher=Northwesternalumni.com|accessdate=May 22, 2009}}</ref> During this same period the [[African American]] Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (1902-1982) was president of historically black Grambling State University in Grambling in Lincoln Parish west of Ruston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/11/obituaries/ralph-we-jones-78-ex-head-of-grambling.html|title=Ralph W. E. Jones, 79, Ex-Head of Grambling|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 11, 1982|accessdate=December 31, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref>
The tenures of Walker and Taylor also corresponded to that of [[Arnold Kilpatrick]], president of Northwestern State University from 1966 to 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://northwesternalumni.com/s/859/index.aspx?id=859&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=1141&ecid=1141&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=791|title=Home Named in Honor of Former NSU President|publisher=Northwesternalumni.com|accessdate=May 22, 2009}}</ref> During this same period the [[African American]] Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (1902-1982) was president of historically black Grambling State University in Grambling in Lincoln Parish west of Ruston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/11/obituaries/ralph-we-jones-78-ex-head-of-grambling.html|title=Ralph W. E. Jones, 79, Ex-Head of Grambling|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 11, 1982|accessdate=December 31, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref>