Walter Boron

Walter F. Boron
Born(1949-11-18)November 18, 1949
EducationSaint Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis
Scientific career
InstitutionsCase Western Reserve University
Academic advisorsEmile L. Boulpaep, Albert Roos

Walter F. Boron (born November 18, 1949) is an American scientist and the 72nd president of the American Physiological Society (from 1999 to 2000). He was Secretary-General of the International Union of Physiological Sciences. Additionally, Boron is co-editor, along with Emile L. Boulpaep, of the textbook Medical Physiology and Concise Medical Physiology. He is a former editor-in-chief of two leading physiology journals, Physiological Reviews and Physiology.