Walter Laing MacDonald Perry, Baron Perry of Walton, OBE, FRS, FRCP, FRSE was a distinguished Scottish academic.
12 Facts About Walter Perry
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Walter Perry was the first Vice Chancellor of the Open University.
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Walter Perry studied medicine at the University of St Andrews, graduating with an MB ChB in 1943, MD in 1948 and a DSc in 1958.
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Walter Perry later worked as a scientist for institutions like the Medical Research Council.
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Walter Perry had a reputation for following the scientific method rigorously.
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Walter Perry developed his career at the University of Edinburgh as Professor of Pharmacology, later Dean of Medicine and Vice Principal.
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Walter Perry worked further to develop distance learning through the United Nations.
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Walter Perry was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1957 New Year Honours and was knighted in 1974.
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Walter Perry entered the House of Lords upon being created a life peer with the title Baron Perry of Walton, of Walton in the County of Buckinghamshire on 9 February 1979.
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Walter Perry joined the Social Democratic Party as a founder member in 1981, and was one of the signatories to the Limehouse Declaration.
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Walter Perry later took the Liberal Democrat whip, and served on the committee dealing with science and technology.
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Walter Perry kept working right up to his death in 2003.