Evan Harris Walker

Year of birth, place

1935

Year of death, place

2006
United States

Biography

Evan Harris Walker studied physics at the University of Alabama (B.S. 1955 and M.S. 1956) and the University of Maryland (Ph.D. 1964). 1964–1967 assistant professor at the Institute of Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Miami. Since 1968 research scientist of the U.S. Army Ballistics Research Center. He founded the Walker Cancer Research Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Aberdeen, MD. 1981–2006 president of the Walker Cancer Research Institute.
Exhib.: 1969, »Computer-Kunst. On the Eve of Tomorrow«, Kubus, Hannover.
Lit.: E. H. W., “The Use of Computers in Designing Paintings and Composing Music,” in: »University of Miami Technical Report«, Miami, FL, 1965.

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