Perley Walker

Our brothers’ careers have been productive, constructive, spirited, and prosaic. They displayed impressive skills, talents, and abilities They were, and we continue to be, a beautiful and lively expression of our enduring fraternal beliefs, and that underlying harmony is far-reaching in expectation for all brothers’, undergraduate and graduate. It is the core of what our fraternal founders asserted in 1848 and 1874 and 1899: to live active, commendable, and responsible lives, and to build up community. Clearly and compellingly, they added, and continue to add, positive value at the local, state, national, global, and fraternal level because they engaged life fully and responsibly. In short, they were authoritative pillars throughout life. They were-are exemplary in their citizenship, character, and their sense of dutiful responsibility, and in many instances they were leading voices in their career fields. These things, above and beyond everything else, are the underlying rooted connections that make us proud to be Omega Mu Fijis for the past 120 years.
 
Unreservedly, these Omega Mu brothers’ are worthy of emulation because of who they were, what they achieved in their respective careers, and in their fraternal dedication in providing timely, relevant, and practical advice through many years of brotherly service to our Omega Mu chapter. They were especially helpful during times when our fraternal reputation was tarnished. Each of them were a vital component advocating for the good of fraternal life throughout their respective lives because they believed that fraternal life can be a life-changing experience for the good for all young men, always. Due to their authentic and genuine character, and the unreserved nature with all of their commitments, these Omega Mu brothers are witnesses to our proud fraternal history at the University of Maine. In fraternal doctrine and practice, year-after-year, their actions had a far-reaching effect in sustaining our deep-rooted fraternal kinship at Maine. They are telling portraits of the life-long good of fraternal life, and they continue to shine for us today, and we say thank you again and again for their manifold achievements and the indispensable role they each played in our history. They prove that success of any kind does not occur by luck or accident, and we remember them because they continue to provide that message for our time. We have long been, from one generation to the next, proud to be Omega Mu Fijis. We continue to cherish our fraternal friendships, our shared memories, and our evolving, forward-focused history at the University of Maine. Why, after all, should we believe otherwise? We have been doing it well for 120 years, and we will continue to do so.
Perge!

“Adhere to your purpose.”
Abraham Lincoln

Omega Mu Pictorial Portrait:
Perley Walker

“Furthering through perseverance”

Perley F. Walker

Perley F. Walker: second row: fourth from the left

Perley F. Walker: second row: first one on the right

Our QTV Brothers in this photo: L-R: second cadet in is Paul D. Sergeant; fifth cadet Merton E. Ellis; seventh cadet in is Charles A. Frost; 14th cadet in, holding the flag, is Isaac G. Calder-wood; 20th cadet in is Perley F. Walker.

Perley F. Walker: back row, third one in from the right

Perley F. Walker during World War I

Perley F. Walker, Dean of the Engineering School at the University of Kansas

• Perley Walker was an instructor in mechanical engineering at the University of Maine
• Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas; head of the mid-continent section of the American Society of Mechanical.
• He authored papers on “Properties of Methane Gas”, “Efficiency of Universal Joints”, “Industrial Research in the Mid-Continent Field”
•  Author of Management Engineering

Fraternally,
 
Chip Chapman, ’82
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Perge!