Physician assistant’s service honored with hall nod
OROVILLE >> Anthony Walker, Las Plumas High School class of 1979, is being honored as an Oroville Union High School District Hall of Fame 2022 inductee.
Walker played football, basketball and ran track all four years of high school. He was also a fouryear Block LP member. On campus, he was a member of the Black Student Union and off campus belonged to the Oroville Jaycees.
After graduation, Walker enlisted in the United States Army and was on Worldwide Active Duty as a noncommissioned officer for 12 years, 1980-1992. During his military career, Walker served as an Army medic, operating room assistant, casting splinting tech and an orthopedic tech at the Wiesbaden Regional Medical Center in Germany. He also served as a physician assistant, medical/surgical nurse and a licensed practical nurse at Fairchild Air Force base in Spokane, Washington.
During his army career, Walker received the Hazardous Duty Award three times and the Good Conduct and Good Achievement Award twice. He also received the Southwest Asia Service and the National Defense medals; the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia); and received a Meritorious Unit Commendation (Iraq).
While in the service, Walker also played in the European-American Football League as a member of the Mannheim Redskins, the Heidelberg Knights and the Wiesbaden Flyers for four years.
His post military career began in 1992 when he served as a supervisory licensed practical nurse for the Department of the Air Force, Civilian 99th Medical Group, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington.
In 1993, Walker received his Associate of Arts degree in applied sciences. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Clinical Health Sciences from the University of Washington, Seattle and in 2006, his Master of Physician Assistant Sciences from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska. He also earned certification in Basic Life, Pediatric, and Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
From 1999 until 2015, Walker worked several jobs including serving as advanced physician’s assistant for the Department of Justice in various locations in the nation. He also worked in family practice and in emergency medicine for the departments of the Army and Air Force. Since 2015, Walker has served as a medical consultant, Department of Veteran Affairs, Civilian GS13/9 for the Southern Nevada Veterans Health Administration in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 2000, Walker was named Rookie of the Year, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was president and founder of USPHS E.A.R.S. (Emotional Awareness Response for Servicemembers) for veterans returning during Operation Enduring Freedom-Operation Iraqi and Operation OIF/OEF Christmas for family members/dependents of military serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Walker volunteered as a coach for the Special Olympics. He and his family have also participated in Pat Tillman Annual Run the proceeds of which provide scholarships to students interested in the Reserved Officers Training Corps or the military academies. He also mentors males between the ages of 9-18 in the Iron Sharpens Iron program in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he lives with his wife, daughter, six sons and four grandchildren.
Walker is the son of Sally Childs Walker Glaude’, a 1955 Oroville High School graduate, who is also being honored as an OUHSD Hall of Fame 2022 inductee.