| RefNo | EC/1985/31 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XXI, 213 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Perry, Walter Laing Macdonald, Baron Perry of Walton: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1983 |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Distinguished for his contribution as the founding Vice-Chancellor of the Open University to the extension of science and technology teaching in the United Kingdom and abroad. The Open University has increased the total number of UK students in these disciplines by some 50 per cent. It has done so without any reduction in standards. It has produced learning materials in print and in radio and video recordings of the highest quality which have profoundly influenced the standard of teaching in the UK and in many other countries. The Open University has also produced post-experience courses for updating and retraining scientists and technologists. There is no doubt that the inspiration, vision and leadership provided by Perry were the major factors in translating the concept of the Open University into reality. The effects of this achievement on education in science and technology are not quantifiable but are quite certainly very substantial.
In his earlier pharmacological career Perry's work on the ciliary ganglion brought knowledge of parasympathetic ganglia in line with that of the more easily studied sympathetic ganglia. His was one of the earliest studies raising the possibility that choline derived from released acetylcholine was used for its resynthesis. Paton and Perry established categories of blocking agents at sympathetic ganglia as depolarising or non-polarising, analogous to developments at the neuromuscular junction. |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA894 | Perry; Walter Laing Macdonald (1921 - 2003); Baron Perry of Walton | 1921 - 2003 |