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Joseph Thomas Walker
Joseph Thomas Walker (January 26, 1908 – April 29, 1952) was a pioneer in forensic science. He earned a doctorate in chemistry from Harvard University in 1933. In 1934, he created the Massachusetts State Police Chemical Laboratory - the first statewide crime detection lab in the country. Later the Chemical Laboratories of the Department of Public Safety, he ran it until his death. During that time, Walker developed many of the scientific techniques essential in modern crime detection. His eulogy in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology states "Throughout the world his methods are used, his name is known, and all men benefit."〔Richard Ford, "Joseph T. Walker, Ph.D. 1908-1952," Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 43, Issue 4, Article 11 (1953)〕 Lawyer-turned-mystery-writer Erle Stanley Gardner dedicated the foreword to one of his books to Walker〔Erle Stanley Gardner, "Foreword" The Case of the Fiery Fingers (New York, William Morrow & Co, 1951) pp v-vii.〕 and commented, upon hearing of his death, that Walker was "the greatest real life detective" he had known.〔"Dr. Joseph T. Walker: Medico-Legal Chemist for the State Police Was 44," Daily Boston Globe, April 30, 1952, p. 23.〕
==Early life and education==
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Walker attended Kirkwood High School before earning a BA in chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1930. That year, he also took a few graduate courses.〔Joseph Thomas Walker's Transcript, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1930.]〕 Soon, however, as the Great Depression worsened, he went back to school. In 1932, he enrolled in a doctoral program in chemistry at Harvard University and graduated in less than a year.〔Joseph Thomas Walker, Dissertation “Synthesis in Allene Series” 1933 (From the Harvard University Archives, Call Number HU 90.2598)〕 Meanwhile, during his undergraduate years at Illinois, he had met and fallen in love with fellow Illini, Lola Jeanette Muns. Since the DuPont Fellowship which supported him at Harvard forbade recipients from marrying during their studies, the two were hastily wed in 1932. Their life together – which produced two children (Janet in 1935 and Thomas in 1940) - lasted until his death in 1952.〔“Dr. Joseph T. Walker, Medico-Legal Chemist for State Police Was 44,” Daily Boston Globe, April 30, 1952, p. 23.〕
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