Past Presidents of the Institution

Since its Foundation in 1857

1857-59 William John MacQuorn Rankine, LL.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.S., Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.
1859-61 Walter Montgomerie Neilson, Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow.
1861-63 William Johnstone, Resident Engineer. Glasgow and South Western Railway. Glasgow.
1863-65 James Robert Napier, Engineer and Shipbuilder. Glasgow.
1865-67 James Gray Lawrie, Engineer and Shipbuilder. Glasgow.
1867-69 James Morris Gale, Engineer, Glasgow Corporation Water Works.
1869-70 #1 William John MacQuorn Rankine, LL.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.S., Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University
1870-72 David Rowan, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1872-74 Robert Duncan, Shipbuilder, Port Glasgow.
1874-76 Hazelton Robson, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1876-78 Robert Bruce Bell, Civil Engineer, Glasgow.
1878-80 Robert Mansel, Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
1880-82 John Lennox Kincaid Jamieson, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1882-84 James Reid, Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow.
1884-86 James Thomson, LL.D., F.R.S., Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.
1886-87 William Denny, Shipbuilder, Dumbarton.
1887-89 Alexander Carnegie Kirk, LL.D., Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1889-91 Ebenezer Kemp, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1891-93 Robert Dundas, Resident Engineer, Southern Division, Caledonian Railways, Glasgow.
1893-95 John Inglis, LL.D., Engineer and Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
1895-97
Sir William Arrol, LL.D., M.P., Engineer and Bridge Builder, Glasgow.
1897-99
George Russell, Mechanical Engineer, Motherwell.
1899-01
Robert Caird, LL.D., F.R.S.E., Shipbuilder, Greenock.
1901-03
William Foults, Engineer, Glasgow Corporation Gas Works.
1903-05 Sir Archibald Denny, Bt., LL.D., Shipbuilder, Dumbarton.
1905-07 James Gilchrist, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1907-09
John Ward, Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
1909-10
Charles Pullar Hogg, Civil Engineer, Glasgow.
1910-11
Archibald Barr, LL.D., D.Sc., Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.
1911-13
Ebenezer Hall-Brown, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1913-15
Robert Thomas Moore, D.Sc., Civil and Mining Engineer, Glasgow.
1915-17
William Walker Lackie, C.B.E., Engineer and Manager, Glasgow Corporation Electricity Works.
1917-19
Alexander Cleghorn, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1919-21
Thomas Blackwood Murray, D.Sc., Automobile Engineer, Glasgow.
1921-23
Harold Edgar Yarrow, C.B.E., Engineer and Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
1923-25
James Howden Hume, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1925-27
Archibald Jack Campbell, Shipbuilder, Dalmuir.
1927-29
Ralph David Moore, B.Sc., Steel Founder, Glasgow.
1929-31
Col. Sir James Lithgow, Bt., M.C., D.L., Shipbuilder, Port Glasgow.
1931-33
Archibald Gilchrist, O.B.E., Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1933-35
John Dewar Cormack, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.Sc., Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.
1935-37
Percy Archibald Hillhouse, D.Sc., Professor of Naval Architecture, Glasgow University.
1937-39 Alfred Charles Gardner, F.R.S.E., Engineer, Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow.
1939-41
Wilfrid Ayre, Shipbuilder, Burntisland.
1941-43
Frederick Charles Stewart, Engineer, Glasgow.
1943-45
A. Murray Stephen, M.C., B.A., Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
1945-47
Allan Stevenson, C.B.E., Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
1947-49
James M. McNeill, M.C., LL.D., Naval Architect, Clydebank.
1949-51
Gilbert Cook, D.Sc., F.R.S., Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.
1951-52
Sir Andrew McCance, D.L., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., Metallurgist, Glasgow.
1952-54
Sir William Wallace, C.B.E., F.R.S.E., Mechanical Engineer, Edinburgh.
1954-56
Andrew McCance Robb, D.Sc., John Elder Professor of Naval Architecture, Glasgow University.
1956-57
Sir Harold E. Yarrow, Bt., C.B.E., LL.D., Engineer and Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
1957-59
James Small, D.Sc., Ph.D., James Watt Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Glasgow University.
1959-61
John Brown, B.Sc., Naval Architect, Clydebank.
1961-63
Iain Maxwell Stewart, B.Sc., Engineer, Glasgow.
1963-65
Adam Simpson Turnbull Thomson, D.Sc, Ph.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow.
1965-67
James Lenaghan, C.B.E., Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
1967-69
William Proudfoot Walker, Naval Architect, Edinburgh.
1969-71
Sir J. W. Atwell, C.B.E., M.Sc., F.R.S.E., Engineer, Glasgow.
1973-73
William M. Cormie, C.B.E., B.Sc., Civil Engineer, Glasgow.
1973-75
J. Burton Davies, B.Sc., C.Eng., Naval Architect, Glasgow.
1975-77
A. W. Scott, C.B.E., Ph.D., B.Sc, C.Eng.
1977-79
W. George N. Geddes, C.B.E., B.Sc., F.Eng., F.R.S.E., Civil Engineer, Glasgow.
1979-81
B. N. Baxter, M.Sc., Ph.D., C.Eng., Naval Architect, Glasgow.
1981-83 J. A. Turner, B.Sc., CEng., Mechanical Engineer, Clydebank.
1983-85
A. M. M. Stephen, B.A., C.Eng., Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
1985-87
John Rorke, C.B.E., B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S.E., C.Eng.
1987-89
Thomas O. Leith, O.B.E., B.Sc., C.Eng., Mechanical Engineer, Glasgow.
1989-91
Professor H. C. Simpson, B.Sc. Sc.D., F.R.S.E.
1991-93
I.C. Broadley, B.Sc., C.Eng., F.INST.E .,  Mechanical Engineer. Glasgow.
1993-95
J. Neumann, C.B.E., F.Eng., Mechanical Engineer, Glasgow.
1995-97
Professor Douglas Faulkner, Wh.Sc., R.C.N.C., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.Eng., Naval Architect, Glasgow.
1997-99
Sir Robert Easton, C.B.E., D.Univ., Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
1999-01
Carlo Dinardo, C.Eng., Civil Engineer, Paisley.
2001-01 #2
Professor Dan Kirkwood, B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D., C.Eng., Metallurgist, Glasgow.
2001-04
Professor Anthony Slaven, M.A., BLitt, F.R.Hist.S., Historian, Glasgow
2004-06
Crawford F. Gorrie, C.Eng.,  Engineer, Glasgow
2006-08
Ernest Chambers, B.Sc., C.Eng., Civil Engineer, Glasgow
2008-10
David K. Harrison, M.Eng, Ph.D,  Professor of Engineering, Glasgow
2010-12
Gordon G.T. Masterton, O.B.E, D.Tech, M.Sc., F.R.Eng., F.R.S.E., Civil Engineer, Glasgow


 

 

Notes:

#1 John Elder Shipbuilder, Glasgow, was elected for session 1869-70 but died before taking office

#2 Resigned