 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rogers akanyorera Francis Amasa Walker muna June 1880 kuti amupe chinzvimbo choMutungamiri. Nemhaka yokuti hapana alumni weMIT akanga ane makore akakwana okuzadza nzvimbo yacho, vatungamiriri vezvesayenzi vakawanda vakanga vasina ruzivo rwokutungamirira, uye vatungamiriri vashomanana vakagoverana nemaonero omuvambi, fakaroti, kana kuti Corporation nokuda kwechikoro chechiduku chezvemichina, ruzivo rwaWalker rwomunguva yakapfuura uye mukurumbira zvakamuita kuti ave akakodzera zvakakwana nokuda kwenzvimbo yacho. Walker pakupedzisira akabvuma pakutanga kwaMay uye akasarudzwa zviri pamutemo kuti ave Mutungamiri neMIT Corporation musi waMay 25, 1881; zvisinei, kuedza kuurayaMutungamiri Garfield muna Chikunguru 1881 uye kurwara kwakatevera pamberi perufu rwaGarfield munaGunyana kwakakanganisa shanduko yaWalker uye kunonoka kuiswa kwake kwepamutemo muchikoro cheMIT kusvika munaNovember 5, 1881. Musi waMay 30, 1882, panguva yechiitiko chokutanga chaWalker, Rogers akafa pakati pehurukuro apo mashoko ake okupedzisira akanga ari mazimbe anoputika. 