<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item link="https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/beloved-agricultural-leader-reflects-on-family-students-and-a-legacy-of-service.html" display="true" type="news-list"><title>After 34 Years at AAMU, Dean and 1890 Research Director Lloyd Walker to Retire</title><summary>Dr. Lloyd Walker was a rising Ph.D. candidate and researcher at Texas A&amp;M University – deep in poultry science, publishing widely and contributing to innovations that helped make poultry the nation’s leading meat – when a phone call changed everything. Alabama A&amp;M University had seen his work and asked him to visit. In 1992, the young scientist with an undergraduate and master’s degree from Prairie View A&amp;M and a new Ph.D. from Texas A&amp;M made his way to The Hill.</summary><date>2025-12-14T12:00:00-08:00</date><imageAltText>Dr. Lloyd Walker stands outside his office in AAMU's Dawson Building</imageAltText><image>/_images/walkermainlredit.jpg</image><name>Beloved Agricultural Leader Reflects on Family, Students and a Legacy of Service</name><first>Beloved</first><last>Agricultural Leader Reflects on Family, Students and a Legacy of Service</last><url>https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/beloved-agricultural-leader-reflects-on-family-students-and-a-legacy-of-service.html</url><tags/></item>