Dr. Walter A. Hill
Tuskegee University

Biography:

Academic Training
B.A.	Lake Forest College, 1968, Chemistry
M.A.T.	University of Chicago, 1970, Chemistry
M.S.	University of Arizona, 1973, Soil Chemistry
Ph. D.	University of Illinois, 1978, Agronomy/Environmental Chemistry
Work Experience: Dean, College of Agricultural, Environmental and Natural Sciences, 1996-present Dean, School of Agriculture and Home Economics, 1987-1996 Director, G.W. Carver Agricultural Experiment Station, 1986-present Research Director, USDA Cooperative State Research Program, 1986-present Professor, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 1984-present Administrator, USDA Cooperative Extension Program, 1987-1991 Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Sciences, 1981-1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Sciences, 1978-1981
Honors and Awards Honor Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta Father of the Year Award, Washington Chapel A.M.E. Church, 2000 USDA Group Honor Awards for Excellence: G.W. Carver Recognition Team,1999, Distinguished Scientific Research,1996 Leadership and Administration Award, American Society for Horticultural Science Southern Region, 1997 African American Achiever in Agriculture, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, 1996 Alumni Merit Award, University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, 1995 Fellow, American Society of Agronomy, 1992 Outstanding Research and Teaching Award, Alabama Soil & Water Conservation Society, 1992 Russell W. Brown Distinguished Scientist Research Award, Sigma Xi, Tuskegee University, 1991 Executive of the Year, Professional Secretaries International, 1991 Outstanding Minority Educator Award, American Society of Agronomy, 1990 Futurist in Science and Technology, Black Enterprise Magazine, 1990 Faculty Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, The White House Initiative on HBCU's, 1988 Kellogg Fellow, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, 1988 Alumni Distinguished Service Citation, Lake Forest College, 1986 Faculty Achievement Award, Tuskegee University, 1985 United Negro College Fund Distinguished Scholar Award, UNCF/MacArthur Foundation, 1984 Plucknett Outstanding Research Paper Award, International Society of Tropical Root Crops, 1983 Distinguished Service Award for Faculty Advisement, G.W. Carver Plant and Soil Science Club, 1982 Danforth Associate, for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Danforth Foundation, 1980
Selected Professional Activities Advisor for 17 Award Winning Undergraduate and Graduate Student Projects American Registry of Certified Professional Agronomic, Crop and Soil Scientists,      CPSS, 1981-present Board of Trustees, Lake Forest College, Illinois, 1989-present Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, USAID, 1995-97 Board of Directors, Agronomic Science Foundation, 1994-present Board of Directors, ADEC, 1990-94; 1996-present Chair, USDA, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Advisory Committee, 1994-96 Chair, Association of Research Directors, 1994-present Chair, 1890 Council of Deans, 1992-1994 Chair, Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, 1988-present Chair, International Symposium on Sweetpotato Technology for the 21st Century, 1991 Co-Director, national Sweetpotato Information Center, 1991-present Crop Science Society of America, Strategic Planning Committee, 1993 Director, NASA University Research Center, Food and Environmental Systems for Human Exploration of Space, 1991-present Established, Tuskegee Horizons, Magazine/Journal of Food, Agriculture, Environment      and People, 1990-present Executive Committee, Board on Agriculture, National Association of Sate and      Land Grant Universities, 1995-present Featured in the New Explorers television series, aired nationally on public      television, 1992-93 National Research Council: Committee on Sustainable Agriculture & the Environment      in the Humid Tropics, 1990-93; Panel on Biological N Fixation, 1992-93;      Panel on Agricultural Biotechnology for Sustainable Productivity, 1991 National Science Foundation, Advisory Bd., Center for Engineering Plants for Resistance      Against Pathogens, 1992-96 Scientific Liaison Officer, USAID, Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center,      Taiwan, 1989-96 Soil Science Society of America, Strategic Plan Implementation Coordination      Committee, 1995-present Steering Committee, USAID, Sokoine University (Tanzania) - Tuskegee University      Linkage Project, 1991-present Visiting Scientist: NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Summer, 1987; International Institute      of Tropical Agriculture, 1985; Purdue University, Department of      Agronomy, Summer 1981
Professional Societies: American Society of Agronomy, American Society of Gravitational & Space Biology, American Society of Horticultural Science, Crop Science Society of America, International Soil Science Society, international Society for Tropical Root Crops, International society for Horticultural Science, Soil Science Society of America
Areas of Emphasis Provides leadership in the development of research, teaching and outreach programs in agriculture, food, the environment, rural development, and forestry. Uses the sweetpotato as a model crop to study food production and utilization in controlled ecological life support systems (for space missions) and in sustainable agricultural systems. Focuses on innovative partnerships that enhance education and development opportunities for underrepresented minorities and developing countries.