Walter Elmore Nance (1933 – October 17, 2021) was an American academic who was Professor and Chair (emeritus) of the Department of Human Genetics of theVirginia Commonwealth University. He was an internationally known expert in hereditary deafness, twin studies and genetic linkage analysis of both continuous and qualitative traits.

Nance was born inManila in 1933. He spent his childhood inShanghai,New Orleans, andOak Ridge, Tennessee. Nance graduated from thePhillips Exeter Academy in 1950. He received an S.B. in Mathematics in 1954 from theUniversity of the South, an M.D. in 1958 fromHarvard Medical School, and a Ph.D. inGenetics in 1968 from theUniversity of Wisconsin.

Nance was assistant professor of medicine at theVanderbilt University School of Medicine from 1963 to 1969 and professor of medical genetics and medicine at theIndiana University School of Medicine from 1969 to 1975. In 1975, Nance accepted a position at theVirginia Commonwealth University where he continues to be active in research.

Nance and his wife Mayna Avent retired toSewanee, Tennessee. He died on October 17, 2021, at the age of 88.^[1]

• Retirement of Walter Nance from chair atVCU.

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