FORT WORTH, TX.- The Board of Trustees of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces the appointment of Andrew J. Walker, Ph.D., as Director Designate. Walker begins January 31, 2011, and will officially become director on April 1, 2011, the retirement date of current museum Director Ron Tyler, Ph.D. “As we anticipate our turning the corner into our 50th Anniversary, it is indeed a blessing that Andrew Walker will assume the directorship of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art,” said Ruth Carter Stevenson, president of the Board. “The Board and I are so very pleased that a man of such experience will come aboard to work with the staff and Board to set proper goals and put them into effect.” Walker, 46, currently serves as the assistant director for curatorial affairs and curator of American