ROBERT ATKINS (ROB) WALKER, CPA, Ph.D.
8321 Asmara Drive
Austin, Texas 78750
512-250-1277
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING
- 1972-Present ROBERT ATKINS WALKER PC, CPA, PhD, Austin, Texas.
President. Tax, accounting and business consulting services for individuals, partnerships, corporations, trusts and estates, with specialties in international taxation, estate taxation, and taxation of the elderly. - 2005 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Austin, Texas
Lecturer, business entities and estates, trusts, & gifts graduate course. - 2001-2002 POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY, San Diego, California
Professor, taxation and cost/managerial accounting (undergrad & MBA). - 1991-1999 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC
Assistant Professor, taxation and managerial & cost accounting – undergrad and MBA. - 1976-1984 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Duluth Campus.
Instructor in Accounting & Business Administration, taxation, managerial & cost accounting, IT, and quantitative methods – undergrad & grad. - 1979-1980 MOLECTRON CORPORATION, Sunnyvale, California.
Chief Financial Officer. $15-million (inflation adjusted), 100-employee manufacturer of scientific and medical lasers. - 1971-1976 WALKER HYDRILL, INC., Duluth, Minnesota.
Vice-President and General Manager. $5 million (inflation adjusted) wholesaler of drilling equipment. Tripled sales and profits. - 1969-1971 ARTHUR ANDERSEN & COMPANY, Boston, Massachusetts.
Assistant Commercial Auditor.
EDUCATION:
- 1984-1991 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Austin, Texas.
PhD. Dissertation title: Do Taxes Matter? The Case of the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry. Received Outstanding [National] Tax Dissertation Award - 1973-1975 STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Palo Alto, California.
MBA in finance. MBA Student Association Treasurer. - 1972-1973 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON BATES SCHOOL OF LAW, Houston, Texas.
Endured one year; invited to join the Law Review. Co-founder, Christian Legal Society. - 1965-1969 RICE UNIVERSITY, Houston Texas.
BA in economics, May 1969. Lettered in swimming. Received Outstanding Senior Service Award. Class Treasurer. Rookie of the Year – Beer/Bike Race.
AWARDS:
- American Taxation Association/Price Waterhouse $5,000 1992 Outstanding [National] Tax Dissertation Award
- State Farm Companies $10,000 1990 Doctoral Dissertation Award in Insurance.
- University of Minnesota (Duluth) School of Business and Economics 1984 Professor of the Year Award.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Summer 1998 “Gold at the End of the Rainbow: Medical Expenses and Below-Market-Rate Loans in Continuing Care Retirement Communities,” co-authored with Chad E. Turner. 18 Virginia Tax Review 1 (Summer 1998: The University of Virginia School of Law).
- April 1995 “Dealing with Employee Misclassification: Avoiding SECA and FICA Taxes,” co-authored with Clifton L. Kling, printed in Tax Notes 67 (April 3, 1995), pp. 105-16. Reprinted in Exempt Organization Tax Review 2, no. 6 (June 1995), pp. 1265-75.
- October 1991 Do Taxes Matter? The Case of the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry. Austin, TX: The University of Texas, 1991.
VOLUNTEERING:
- New Song Ministries, Austin, TX – Board member and Treasurer
- Boy Scout Troop 413, Armadillo District, Capitol Area Council – Committee Member and Treasurer
- Good News Club at Brentwood Elementary School
MEMBERSHIPS:
- International Tax Forum of Texas (co-founder of 90 member group of attorneys, CPAs, EAs, and a CFP)
- Estate Planning Council of Central Texas (EPCCT)
- Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- Certified Public Accountant: Licensed in Texas since 1972 (active), the District of Columbia since 1992 (active), and Minnesota since 1982 (inactive).
- Married 20 years, 2 children: 22-year-old daughter and 20-year-old son, 6’0″; 165 lbs (me; not our son).