Roger G. Walker

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Roger G. Walker, FRSC, MMR is a geologist and an award-winning emeritus professor at McMaster University.

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Walker obtained his D.Phil. from Oxford University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University. For 32 years, he taught at McMaster University. In 1998, Walker left McMaster to be a consultant in Calgary. [1]

In 2013, Walker achieved the title of Master Model Railroader from the National Model Railroad Association.

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