sentences:  Walls was also elected Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ).In 1995 he was awarded the Dirac Prize for theoretical physics.The Dodd-Walls Centre for Quantum Technology, a New Zealand Centre of Research excellence based in the University of Otago, was named after Jack Dodd and Dan Walls in recognition of their pioneering roles in establishing New Zealand's as an internationally recognised standing in Photonics, Quantum Optics and Ultra-Cold atoms.