John Walton
b 1922, professor of neurology, Newcastle



Green College, Oxford, 09/12/94
John Walton has successfully scaled most of the heights of British medicine, as a clinician specialising in neurology, a dean of a medical school, and president of organisations as varied as the BMA and the General Medical Council. Since 1989 he has found a new role contributing to debates on educational and ethical issues from his crossbench seat in the House of Lords.