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Alan Walton was born on 3 April, 1936 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, is an American businessman. Discover Alan Walton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 3 April 1936
Birthday 3 April
Birthplace Kings Norton, Birmingham, England
Date of death 4 July, 2015
Died Place Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1936

Alan G. Walton OBE (April 3, 1936 – July 4, 2015) was a scientist, businessman, and venture capitalist.

He was born in England in 1936 and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham.

He worked for twenty years as a professor at Case Western Reserve University and later served as the Chairman of Oxford Bioscience Corporation.

Walton was instrumental in the development and funding of the Human Genome Project.

Through his association with Oxford Bioscience, Walton managed over $850 million in a portfolio that included 80 companies.

Alan George Walton was born April 3, 1936, in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England.

Growing up in wartime Britain, Walton's earliest memories were of the Blitz and the wartime privations common to British people at the time.

He attended Kings Norton Boys Grammar School, where he developed his first interest in the subject of chemistry.

He later enrolled at the University of Nottingham, earning a B.S. in Chemistry.

Walton played in a rock band during his time at Nottingham, but was forced to give it up to pay more attention to his studies.

He also served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve while at school, where he learned to fly a DHC-1 Chipmunk.

1958

While in school, Walton married Jasmin Christensen in 1958.

1960

Walton went on to earn a Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1960, also from Nottingham.

1961

In 1961, he was hired as an assistant professor at the Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained until 1981.

1966

In 1966, he was promoted to associate professor and granted tenure; he became a full professor in 1971.

The following year, in coordination with Helga Furedi-Milhofer, Walton became the director of a joint research project with the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).

1967

In 1967, Case merged with the Western Reserve University to become Case Western Reserve University.

1970

They had two children, Kimm and Keir, and remained married until her death in 1970.

1971

For a part of Walton's time there, from 1971 to 1973, he was a visiting professor of biological chemistry at Harvard Medical School.

While teaching, he earned a further degree, a D.Sc.

1972

In 1972 he married archaeologist Nancy White of Cleveland, Ohio, but they soon divorced.

In 1972, Walton was awarded the Israel State Medal Presented by Israel Academy of Science.

1973

in biological chemistry, from Nottingham in 1973.

At Case Western, Walton served as Professor of Macromolecular Science.

Walton's early research at Case involved the formation of crystals, or nucleation.

1974

Other awards followed, including the Sigma Chi Research Award For contributions to science (1974); the Rudjer Boskovic Institute Award Presented by Yugoslav Academy of Science (1979); and the Richard J. Bolte Sr. Award for supporting industries (2013).

1977

In 1977, he married E.J. Egolf and adopted her two children Kristin and Sherri.

They remained married for the rest of Walton's life.

He was also a member of President Jimmy Carter's Technology Transfer Committee from 1977 to 1981.

1979

The collaboration resulted in a book Walton co-wrote with Furedi-Milhofer, The Formation and Properties of Precipitates, published in 1979.

One reviewer called the book "a readable and current introduction into the state of our knowledge concerning precipitate formation and properties."

In all, Walton the author of over 120 scientific articles and ten books, focusing on aging, molecular hematology, biopolymers, epitaxy, gene splicing, new pro-drugs, as well as the molecular basis of various diseases.

1980

Among the results of that committee's work was the Bayh–Dole Act of 1980, which allowed universities to commercially license technology arising from federal government-funded research.

2007

He was named an Honorary Distinguished Adjunct Professor Case Western Reserve University in 2007.

2012

In 2012, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.

In 2012, Queen Elizabeth II awarded Walton the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for "services to the UK biotechnology industry."

Walton's research resulted in two patents.

2015

He died in 2015 at his home in Westport, Connecticut.

He died in 2015 at his home in Westport, Connecticut at the age of 79.

After finishing his doctoral program, Walton moved to the United States where he initially taught and did postdoctoral research at the University of Indiana.