Chair in Volcanology at the University of Hawaii. He remained in post until retirement, in 1996. Awards and honours Walker received many awards and fellowships in recognition of his meticulous and influential work. Icelandic Order of the Falcon, conferred by the president of Iceland in 1977. Election as Fellow of the Royal Society in 1975. McKay Hammer award of the Geoscience Society of New Zealand in 1982. Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1982. UH Board of Regents Award for Excellence in Research in 1985. Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1987. Fellowship of the Geological Society of America in 1987. Fellowship of the American Geophysical Union in 1988. Honorary D.Sc. from the University of New Zealand in 1988. Dr. scient. hon. c. from the University of Iceland in 1988. Thorarinsson Medal (IAVCEI) in 1989. Wollaston Medal (Geological Society of London) in 1995. Selected publications Personal life In 1958, Walker married Hazel Smith. They had a daughter, Alison, and a son, Leonard. References 1926 births 2005 deaths 20th-century British geologists British volcanologists Fellows of the Royal Society Wollaston Medal winners Recipients of the Order of the Falcon Lyell Medal winners University of Hawaiʻi faculty Thorarinsson Medalists Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of Queen's University Belfast People educated at Willesden County Grammar School People educated at Wallace High School, Lisburn