Dr. Walter J. Gunn '55 has had an illustrious career in education, science and medical and health research. He completed both his master's and doctorate's degrees at the University of Louisville and had faculty positions at the University of Cincinnati and Columbia University and Assistant Dean at Kings Point. He directed a series of studies of the health effects of noise on people while the Head of the Pyschoacoustics Section at NASA Langley Research Center. In 1976 he went to work at the Centers for Disease Control leading or playing a key role in over thirty major medical studies including the famous study of the association of Aspirin and Reye Syndrome. He formed his own consulting firm, Arlington Associates, in 1992 conducting studies in retroviral research and childhood immunization programs. Dr. Gunn has authored and co-authored over fifty articles and chapters in prestigious scientific journals and books.

Dr. and Mrs. Walter Gunn are pictured  at The Kings Point Awards Dinner on October 1, 2009