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PERRY OF WALTON, Walter Laing Macdonald Perry was born on June 16, 1921 in Dundee, Scotland. Parents: The late Fletcher Perry.
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Walter Laing Macdonald Perry PERRY OF WALTON, British Member of the House of Lords. Holder of ten honorary degrees from Universities in United Kingdom, Australia, Canada. USA and India; Fellow, Open University; Fellow, University College London; Fellow, Royal Society; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians; various visiting professorships and guest lectures.
Education
Ayr Academy, 1933-1937. Dundee High Sch„ 1937-1938. University ofSt. Andrews, 1938-1943.
Career
Member. House of Lords, 1979. Deputy Leader of Social Democratic Peers, 1981-1983, and 1988-1989. Social Democratic Party Spokesman on Education, Health and Social Security, 1983-1992.
Member, select Committee on Science and Technology, House of Lords, 1986-1991. Medical Officer, Colonial Medical Service, Nigeria, 1944-1946. Medical Officer, Royal Air Force, 1946-1947.
Member of Staff, Medical Research Council, 1947-1952. Director, Department of Biological Standards, National Institut, for Medical Research, 1952-1958. Professor, of Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh, 1958-1968.
Vice-Principal, Edinburgh University, 1967-1968, Vice-Chllr., Open University, 1969-1981. Senior Consultant to United Nations University, formerly Chairman of Delegacy, Goldsmiths’ College. Chairman, Living Tapes Company Ltd.
Member. Board of Editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Honorary Director, International Centre for Distance Learning.
Membership
Clubs: Savage Club; Scottish Arts Club.
Interests
Connections
Spouse Catherine Hilda (née Crawley), 1971. Children: Michael, Alan, Niall, Robin, Colin, Jennifer.
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Social Democratic Party
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Holder of ten honorary degrees from Universities in United Kingdom, Australia, Canada. USA and India; Fellow, Open University. Fellow, University College London. Fellow, Royal Society. Fellow, Royal College of Physicians. Various visiting professorships and guest lectures.Holder of ten honorary degrees from Universities in United Kingdom, Australia, Canada. USA and India; Fellow, Open University. Fellow, University College London.
Fellow, Royal Society. Fellow, Royal College of Physicians. Various visiting professorships and guest lectures.