Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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tvtillt BUZ M. WALKER, B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D. Forty-eight years ago Buz M. Walker entered A. and M. College as a Sophomore; today he sits in the President ' s chair. Almost continuously since that beginning he has been in official touch with his Alma Mater. As soon as he received his degree, in 1SS3, he was employed as instructor in the Department of Mathematics. The summers of 1SS5, 1886, and 1SS7 he spent at the University of Virginia in study that resulted in his receiving the degree of Master of Science. In 1SSS, when he became head of the Department of Mathematics, he spent a year abroad, studying in the University of Gottingen and of Berlin, Germany. Being still dissatisfied with his attainment, he asked for a second leave of absence, and studied in the University of Chicago for fifteen months. He then set himself to the solving of a celebrated problem, dealing with the mathematics of curves, which had baffled the minds of the world ' s greatest mathematicians for two hundred years, and, after several years ' study, presented the solution as a thesis to the University of Chicago, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. This achievement placed his name in the Mathematical Hall of Fame. In 1902 he organized the Engineering School here and was appointed its first dean. In 1913 he was appointed vice-president of the College, and last spring (1925) was elected president. Dr. Walker holds the love and respect of the student body, as one who is fair and square, always for the right, no matter the result.