Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland
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The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (IESiS) is a professional body for engineers and shipbuilders in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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Founding

The inaugural meeting of the Institution of Engineers in Scotland was held on 1 May 1857. Office bearers were appointed and the principal objective of the new institution was set down as "the encouragement and advancement of Engineering Science and Practice". It was to have a broad basis for membership, and engineers from the mining, foundry, railway, iron, shipbuilding and other industries were to be eligible. The prime movers behind the founding of the Institution were William John Macquorn Rankine
William John Macquorn Rankine
William John Macquorn Rankine was a Scottish civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson , to the science of thermodynamics....

, Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...

, and Walter Montgomerie Neilson
Walter Montgomerie Neilson
Walter Montgomerie Neilson was a Scottish locomotive engineer and manufacturer.He was born in Glasgow, the son of James Beaumont Neilson, inventor of the hot blast furnace. Walter was trained as an engineer in the Oakbank Foundry run by his uncle John Neilson...

, one of the major figures in establishing Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

's locomotive-building industry. Rankine was the first President of the Institution and Neilson succeeded him in 1859. The engineer James Howden
James Howden
James Howden was a Scottish engineer and inventor who is noted for his invention of the Howden forced draught system for steam boilers.-Life:...

, who died in 1913, was the last surviving founding member of the Institution.

The Institution was an early promoter of consciousness of industrial effects on the environment. In those early years there was a pervading atmosphere of enquiry into the applications of steam power. In 1858 the Institution was responsible for a public meeting, held in the Glasgow City Chambers
Glasgow City Chambers
The City Chambers in Glasgow, Scotland has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms of civic government in the city since 1889, located on the eastern side of the city's George Square...

, to establish "An Association for Promoting Safety, Economy and Absence of Smoke in the raising and use of Steam".

The Scottish Shipbuilders Association had been formed in 1860 and amalgamated with the IES on 25 October 1865. The current name of the Institution was adopted in 1870. The current President, Gordon Masterton, took office on 28th September 2010.

Presidents

The following is a list of the presidents of the Institution since its inception:

1857-59 William John Macquorn Rankine
William John Macquorn Rankine
William John Macquorn Rankine was a Scottish civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson , to the science of thermodynamics....

, LL.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.S., Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.

1859-61 Walter Montgomerie Neilson
Walter Montgomerie Neilson
Walter Montgomerie Neilson was a Scottish locomotive engineer and manufacturer.He was born in Glasgow, the son of James Beaumont Neilson, inventor of the hot blast furnace. Walter was trained as an engineer in the Oakbank Foundry run by his uncle John Neilson...

, Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow.

1861-63 William Johnstone, Resident Engineer. Glasgow and South Western Railway. Glasgow.

1863-65 James Robert Napier
James Robert Napier (engineer)
James Robert Napier, FRS , engineer and inventor of Napier's diagram, a tool for nautical navigation.-Early life and education:...

, 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
William John Macquorn Rankine
William John Macquorn Rankine was a Scottish civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson , to the science of thermodynamics....

, 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
James Thomson (engineer)
right|300px|James Thomson was an engineer and physicist whose reputation is substantial though it is overshadowed by that of his younger brother William Thomson .-Biography:Born in Belfast, he grew up mostly in Glasgow...

, 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
William Arrol
Sir William Arrol was a Scottish civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Party politician.The son of a spinner, he was born in Houston, Renfrewshire, and started work in a cotton mill at only 9 years of age. He started training as a blacksmith by age 13, and went on to learn mechanics and...

, LL.D., M.P., Engineer and Bridge Builder, Glasgow.

1897-99 George Russell, Mechanical Engineer, Motherwell.

1899-01 Robert Caird
Robert Caird
Robert Caird FRSE was a Scottish shipbuilder. He joined the family firm Caird and Company in 1888, later rising to become head of the company.He was President of the Institute of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland ....

, 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
Archibald Barr
Archilbald Barr FRS FRSE was a Scottish scientific engineer, inventor and businessman...

, 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
Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet
Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet CB GBE MC TD was a Scottish industrialist who played a major role in restructuring the British shipbuilding and steelmaking industries in the 1930s in addition to playing an important role in formulating public policy and supervising wartime production.-Early...

, 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 W. 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 William George Nicholson Geddes
William George Nicholson Geddes
William George Nicholson Geddes, CBE DSc FRSE FEng was a Scottish civil engineer.George Geddes was born in Oldhamstock, East Lothian and studied civil engineering at Edinburgh University, gaining a "blue" in football. He worked for the City Engineer in Edinburgh, then Sir William Arrol & Company,...

, 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.

1985-87 John Rorke, C.B.E., B.Sc., PH.D., F.R.S.E., C.ENG.

1987-89 T. O. Leith, O.B.E., B.Sc., C.ENG., Mechanical Engineer, Glasgow.

1989-91 H. C. Simpson, B.Sc. SC.D., F.R.S.E .M.I.E.S., Professor

1991-93 I.C. Broadley, B.Sc., C.ENG., F.INST.E ., FIES, Mechanical Engineer. Glasgow.

1993-95 J. Neumann, C.B.E., F.ENG., FIES, Mechanical Engineer, Glasgow.

1995-97 D. Faulkner, WH.Sc., R.C.N.C., PH.D., D.Sc., F.ENG., Professor of Naval Architecture, Glasgow.

1997-99 Sir Robert Easton, C.B.E., DUniv., FIES, Shipbuilder, Glasgow.

1999-01 Carlo Dinardo, C.ENG., FIES, Civil Engineer, Paisley.

2001-01 #2 Dan Kirkwood, B.Sc.(Hons), PH.D., C.ENG., FIES, Professor of Metallurgy, Glasgow.

2001-02 A. Slaven, M.A., BLITT, F.R.Hist.S., CIES, Professor of History, Glasgow

2002-04 A. Slaven, M.A., BLITT, F.R.Hist.S., CIES, Professor of History, Glasgow

2004-06 C. F. Gorrie, CEng, FIES

2006-08 E. Chambers, B.Sc., FIES, Civil Engineer, Glasgow.

2008-10 David K. Harrison, MEng, PhD, FIES, Professor of Engineering, Glasgow Caledonian University.

2010- Gordon G. T. Masterton, OBE, DTech (Hon), FREng, FRSE, FIES, Civil Engineer, Glasgow.
Notes:

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

Source: Website of the Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland http://www.iesis.org/about/presidents.aspx

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