Person Perry; Walter Laing Macdonald (1921 - 2003); Baron Perry of Walton Perry Walter Laing Macdonald 1921 - 2003 British Male Dundee, Angus, Scotland 16/06/1921 19210616 London 17/07/2003 20030717

Pharmacology Education: Ayr Academy; Dundee High School; University of St Andrews MD (1948) Career: House doctor, Dundee Royal Infirmary; colonial medical service, Nigeria (1944); Medical Officer, RAF (National Service) ; Member of Staff, Medical Research Council (1947-1952); Director, Department of Biological Standards, National Institute for Medical Research (1952-1958); Professor of Pharmacology, Edinburgh University (1958-1968); Vice-Principal, Edinburgh University (1967-1968); Vice-Chancellor, The Open University (1969-1981); Deputy Leader, SDP peers in the House of Lords (1981-1983, 1988-1989); member of select committee on science and technology (1985-1990, 1992-1997); Honours: OBE 1957; Kt 1974; Baron 1979 Son of Flora and Fletcher Perry, head of Customs and Excise in Scotland; married (1946) Anne Elizabeth Grant, marriage dissolved 1971; married (1971) Catherine Hilda Crawley Lectures: Bernal 1989 Fellow 21/03/1985 63 Sources: Obituaries in The Independent (21 July 2003); The Guardian (21 July 2003) Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 201-225, plate, by John S Kelly and Sir John H Horlock [Date of birth not as given in this memoir - should be 16 June 1921. Information from his son] References: A F Bristow, T Barrowcliffe and D R Bangham, 'Standardization of biological medicines: the first hundred years, 1900-2000' in NR 2006 vol 60 pp 271-289 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 16 Jun 1921 - 17 Jul 2003 NA894 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/1194948 98538fc6-f881-44fb-b410-ee6b653da3d6