Professor Walt Genius is a Professor Emeritus at South Dakota State University. He holds doctoral degrees in Anthropomorphic Sociology, Experimental Medicine, Global Astrophysics, and Economic Nomenclature. He is a member of the National Academy of Science, the Royal Society, the Burger King Kids Club, and the National Council of Bioethics. He received the MacArthur Genius Grant, a Nobel Prize for Chemistry, and a Teen Choice Award. He has been nominated for four Daytime Emmys and a BAFTA.