Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Asii i The day after USC professor Richard L. Walker was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to South Korea, he had slipped back into his office in Gambrell Hall for some final student matters before flying to Washington. After 28 days of meetings with virtually every leader ^ in the nation's capital, 9 Walker was sworn in July 24 and left for South Korea July' 26 to begin his tenure as ft TiNB Ra-tcd as one 9 res-fcaura^-ts l? no"t 4V>e -S"t. Carolina Kl"fce Li-tp - r t Lunch : Mon&AI ? t>INMER:WEt>Nesifi 2.1 L\ Rosewood 1 t Vi t> available dist t f I i an A Former Pro rt ! J i T-? u r? jrreaiutjiu rwniaiu neagan s choice for the position. Walker spoke with the Gamecock July 17 during a rush to organize his priorities for the trip. USC's past director of international studies said he was pleased with the reaction and friendship of Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, R-Calif., and Senate Foreign R??l?tinnc Committee Chairman Charles H. Percy, R-Ill., who -the. -finest \<\ Col umbl& i arte. Soivtk Columbi a n-'io-a iV-SATURbAV s:30-<t 7?\-U48 ' I ? STl /elcon August 26 UN i. 1- _ O A % di me oiuaent be ribution at the Sti B A. September 8 Cai Keep your < a lessor Moi made Walker feel at ease during his testimony. Although it had been close to four months since Reagan telephoned Walker to ask him of his interest in going to Korea, Walker recalled the situation with a g. eat deal of enthusiasm. The former Yale professor remembers that he wasn't interested in vnv juu mien i uiiiuis circulated that Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., had lor r]2gR HAIR SI Quality Service <& I 541 Santee Avenuc/F JDENT GC 116 Bcl< * BOOK E> -September 9. Nc IVERSITY DI: ivernment Office k FRESHMEN ident Governmen ND PART on Greene Sti rolina Band an eye on the nd have a i ince res On To I mentioned Walker as a possible candidate for the job. "CLEMSON PROFESSOR Horace Fleming called me and said that Sen. Thurmond was determined to put my .name in for an am! bassadorship and to please send a resume," Walker said. "I said I didn't have one. I told him I wasn't seeking a new job. He said Sen. Thurmond says that's2KV sbfalL "Y/I INIi^ 1 L^I1>VJ Reasonable Prices ive Points/256-6419 )VERNMEI ck Stu /r^IJ A MOm vv^nrtiNOL :xt to University B SCOUNT CAR and the Russell H< REGISTERS t Office, August 3 *7PEP RAL reet, "The Ente d Cheerleaders '? student Uo great Year Inner, Beti just what President Reagan wants: people who don't :want jobs." Walker had to consider what he had achieved at USC, including one of the befct programs in international relations training in th#? pnnntrv in 1957, he was USC's first and only professor in Government and Internationa! Studies. The Institute of International Studies was DAILY SI Home Cook 1 meat, 3 veg., corn biscuits, ic I $2.! | Choose from 4 meats MAYFAIF 343 Ma 2 Blocks From Open For B wmmm?mmmummmmmmmmmammmn MT dents 9_ _ ^ ooKsiore DS ouse Information 1 and September . JLY rtainers," vernment ter Things created in 1961. "I'm leaving a program that has its own dynamism," Walker said. "The Institute of International Studies, which I really founded with the approval of the board of trustees 20 years ago, is a viable and growing entity. If I've created anything at all, it ought to be able to survive after I leave. If it all depended on me, I wouldn't really have created anytning, would V'." PECIAL / ced Meals bread, Homemade :edtea, * SO & 14 veg. & salads. t GRILL in St. ] i University reakfast ? Desk. I.