Robert G. Walker ’45

Robert G. Walker ’45, of South Dartmouth, Mass.; Feb. 19. He entered Brown in 1941 and joined the Navy ROTC. In 1944, he was commissioned as an Ensign USNR and deployed. Following World War II, he returned to Brown to complete his engineering degree. Throughout his career he served at sea commanding three ships and onshore working on the staffs of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. He retired in October 1968 with the rank of Captain and returned to South Dartmouth to begin a business career. From 1975 to 2001 he was the owner of Walker Reel Company. He is survived by his wife, Jane; four daughters; two sons-in-law; nine grandsons; and four great-grandchildren.