Past Presidents of IESIS
| 1857-59 | William John MacQuorn Rankine, LL.D., FRSE, FRS, 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., FRSE, FRS, 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 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., FRS, 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 Railway, 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., FRSE, Shipbuilder, Greenock. |
| 1901-03 |
William Foulis, 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, CBE, 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, CBE, 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, OBE, Marine Engineer, Glasgow. |
| 1933-35 |
John Dewar Cormack, CMG, CBE, 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, FRSE, 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, CBE, Marine Engineer, Glasgow. |
| 1947-49 |
James M. McNeill, M.C., LL.D., Naval Architect, Clydebank. |
| 1949-51 |
Gilbert Cook, D.Sc., FRS, Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University. |
| 1951-52 |
Sir Andrew McCance, D.L., D.Sc., LL.D., FRS, Metallurgist, Glasgow. |
| 1952-54 |
Sir William Wallace, CBE, FRSE, 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., CBE, 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., FRSE, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow. |
| 1965-67 |
James Lenaghan, CBE, Shipbuilder, Glasgow. |
| 1967-69 |
William Proudfoot Walker, Naval Architect, Edinburgh. |
| 1969-71 |
Sir J. W. Atwell, CBE, M.Sc., FRSE, Engineer, Glasgow. |
| 1973-73 |
William M. Cormie, CBE, B.Sc., Civil Engineer, Glasgow. |
| 1973-75 |
J. Burton Davies, B.Sc., CEng., Naval Architect, Glasgow. |
| 1975-77 |
A. W. Scott, CBE, Ph.D., B.Sc, CEng. |
| 1977-79 |
W. George N. Geddes, CBE, B.Sc., FEng., FRSE, Civil Engineer, Glasgow. |
| 1979-81 |
B. N. Baxter, M.Sc., Ph.D., CEng., Naval Architect, Glasgow. |
| 1981-83 | J. A. Turner, B.Sc., CEng., Mechanical Engineer, Clydebank. |
| 1983-85 |
Alexander M. M. Stephen, B.A., CEng., Shipbuilder, Glasgow. |
| 1985-87 |
John Rorke, CBE, B.Sc., Ph.D., FRSE, CEng. |
| 1987-89 |
Thomas O. Leith, OBE, B.Sc., CEng., Mechanical Engineer, Glasgow. |
| 1989-91 |
H. C. Simpson, B.Sc. Sc.D., FRSE, Professor |
| 1991-93 |
I.C. Broadley, B.Sc., CEng., F.INST.E ., Mechanical Engineer. Glasgow. |
| 1993-95 |
J. Neumann, CBE, FEng., Mechanical Engineer, Glasgow. |
| 1995-97 |
Douglas Faulkner, Wh.Sc., R.C.N.C., Ph.D., D.Sc., FREng., Professor of Naval Architecture, Glasgow. |
| 1997-99 |
Sir Robert Easton, CBE, D.Univ., Shipbuilder, Glasgow. |
| 1999-01 |
Carlo Dinardo, CEng., Civil Engineer, Paisley. |
| 2001-01 #2 |
Dan Kirkwood, B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D., CEng., Professor of Metallurgy, Glasgow. |
| 2001-04 |
Anthony Slaven, M.A., BLitt, FRHistS., Professor of History, Glasgow |
| 2004-06 |
Crawford F. Gorrie, CEng., Engineer, Glasgow |
| 2006-08 |
Ernest Chambers, B.Sc., CEng., Civil Engineer, Glasgow |
| 2008-10 |
David K. Harrison, M.Eng, Ph.D, Professor of Engineering, Glasgow |
| 2010-12 |
Gordon Grier Thomson Masterton, OBE, Hon.D.Eng, Hon.D.Tech, M.Sc., FREng, FRSE, Civil Engineer, Glasgow |
| 2012-14 |
Iain MacLeod, B.Sc., Ph.D., CEng., Professor of Structural Engineering, Glasgow |
Notes:
#1 John Elder Shipbuilder, Glasgow, was elected for session 1869-70 but died before taking office
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