Buz M. Walker

Buz M. Walker
Born	(1863-08-20)August 20, 1863
Died	August 21, 1949(1949-08-21) (aged 86)
Occupation	University Professor

Buz M. Walker (August 20, 1863 – August 21, 1949)^[1]^[2] was the President of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Mississippi State University) from 1925-1930.^[3]The Walker Engineering building at Mississippi State is named in his honor.^[4]

Mathematics

Buz M. Walker achieved worldwide distinction in 1906 with a dissertation “On the Resolution of the Higher Singularities of Algebraic Curves Into Ordinary Nodes.”

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Academic offices
Preceded by David Carlisle Hull	President of Mississippi State University 1925-1930	Succeeded by Hugh Critz

Mississippi State University

Academics

Athletics

Football Basketball Men's Women's Softball

Rivalries:	Ole Miss Alabama Kentucky LSU

Facilities:	Davis Wade Stadium Dudy Noble Field Humphrey Coliseum

Campus

Student life

Traditions

Presidents of Mississippi State University

Lee Stone Hardy Hightower Smith Hull Walker Critz Humphrey Colvard Giles McComas Lewis Zacharias Portera Lee Foglesong Watson Ruby Keenum

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football

Conference presidents	W. L. Dudley (1894–1912) Walter Riggs (1912–1915) ? (1916) Buz M. Walker (1917) ? (1918) Henry D. Phillips (1919–1922) ? (1923–1926) J. W. Provine (1927–1942)

Former teams	Former SIAA teams

Championships & awards	SIAA football champions All-time standings All-Southern team

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

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