Congratulations to Gene Walker, Ph.D. for being the inaugural recipient of the OU Department of Psychology’s Excellence in Adjunct Teaching Award. He is pictured here with past Department Chair, Professor Eric Day. In perpetuity, this award is named the Gene Walker Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. Walker “retired” in 1995 as Professor Emeritus in OU’s Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, where he served as Director of Pediatric Psychology Training, Chief of Pediatric Psychology Services, and Director of the Outpatient Pediatric Psychology Clinic. He has been teaching for the Department of Psychology on the Norman campus since his “retirement” as well as for OU’s College of Liberal Studies and Advanced Programs. Professor Walker has taught a variety of classes for the department, most notably the service-learning practicum with Griffin Memorial Hospital. Among his many distinguished accomplishments, Professor Walker is a Fellow of seven divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA). Professor Walker has served as President of the APA’s Society for Pediatric Psychology, President of the APA’s Southwestern Psychological Association, and President of the Oklahoma Psychological Association. Dr. Walker has been and continues to be an immense blessing to the Department of Psychology.