John Walter Baxter CBE (4 June 1917 in London–21 October 2003) was a British civil engineer.
Baxter left Westminster City School at the age of 16.
He was a graduate of the City & Guilds College, with a BSc in engineering.
He worked for Trussed Concrete Steel Company from 1936 to 1941, Royal Dutch Shell from 1941 to 1952.
[2] He was appointed CBE in the 1974 New Year Honours and was elected president of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers in 1986.