Past Presidents
We are very proud of esteemed Presidents please see their names below
Past Presidents Archive
- 2022-2024
Dick Philbrick, BSc, Msc, Naval Architect & Mechanical Engineer, Glasgow
- 2020-2022
Dr Andy Pearson, BSc, CEng, Refrigeration Engineer, Glasgow
- 2018-2020
David Michael Westmore, B.Sc., CEng., Naval Architect, Glasgow
- 2016-2018
Karen Rutherford Dinardo, Hon.D.Eng, B.Eng, CEng., Civil/Structural Engineer, Glasgow
- 2014-16
Philip Godfrey Preston, B.Sc., CEng., Civil Engineer, Glasgow
- 2012-14
Iain Alasdair MacLeod, B.Sc., Ph.D., CEng., Professor of Structural Engineering, Glasgow
- 2010-12
Gordon Grier Thomson Masterton, OBE, Hon.D.Eng, Hon.D.Tech, M.Sc., FREng, FRSE, Civil Engineer, Glasgow
- 2008-10
David K. Harrison, M.Eng, Ph.D, Professor of Engineering, Glasgow
- 2006-08
Ernest Chambers, B.Sc., CEng., Civil Engineer, Glasgow
- 2004-06
Crawford F. Gorrie, CEng., Engineer, Glasgow
- 2001-04
Anthony Slaven, M.A., BLitt, FRHistS., Professor of History, Glasgow
- 2001-01
Dan Kirkwood, B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D., CEng., Professor of Metallurgy, Glasgow. (#2)
- 1999-01
Carlo Dinardo, CEng., Civil Engineer, Paisley.
- 1997-99
Sir Robert Easton, CBE, D.Univ., Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
- 1995-97
Douglas Faulkner, Wh.Sc., R.C.N.C., Ph.D., D.Sc., FREng., Professor of Naval Architecture, Glasgow.
- 1993-95
J. Neumann, CBE, FEng., Mechanical Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1991-93
I.C. Broadley, B.Sc., CEng., F.INST.E ., Mechanical Engineer. Glasgow.
- 1989-91
H. C. Simpson, B.Sc. Sc.D., FRSE, Professor
- 1987-89
Thomas O. Leith, OBE, B.Sc., CEng., Mechanical Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1985-87
John Rorke, CBE, B.Sc., Ph.D., FRSE, CEng.
- 1983-85
Alexander M. M. Stephen, B.A., CEng., Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
- 1981-83
J. A. Turner, B.Sc., CEng., Mechanical Engineer, Clydebank.
- 1979-81
B. N. Baxter, M.Sc., Ph.D., CEng., Naval Architect, Glasgow.
- 1977-79
W. George N. Geddes, CBE, B.Sc., FEng., FRSE, Civil Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1975-77
A. W. Scott, CBE, Ph.D., B.Sc, CEng.
- 1973-75
J. Burton Davies, B.Sc., CEng., Naval Architect, Glasgow.
- 1973-73
William M. Cormie, CBE, B.Sc., Civil Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1969-71
Sir J. W. Atwell, CBE, M.Sc., FRSE, Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1967-69
William Proudfoot Walker, Naval Architect, Edinburgh.
- 1965-67
James Lenaghan, CBE, Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
- 1963-65
Adam Simpson Turnbull Thomson, D.Sc, Ph.D., FRSE, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow.
- 1961-63
Iain Maxwell Stewart, B.Sc., Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1959-61
John Brown, B.Sc., Naval Architect, Clydebank.
- 1957-59
James Small, D.Sc., Ph.D., James Watt Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Glasgow University.
- 1956-57
Sir Harold E. Yarrow, Bt., CBE, LL.D., Engineer and Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
- 1954-56
Andrew McCance Robb, D.Sc., John Elder Professor of Naval Architecture, Glasgow University.
- 1952-54
Sir William Wallace, CBE, FRSE, Mechanical Engineer, Edinburgh.
- 1951-52
Sir Andrew McCance, D.L., D.Sc., LL.D., FRS, Metallurgist, Glasgow.
- 1949-51
Gilbert Cook, D.Sc., FRS, Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.
- 1947-49
James M. McNeill, M.C., LL.D., Naval Architect, Clydebank.
- 1945-47
Allan Stevenson, CBE, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1943-45
A. Murray Stephen, M.C., B.A., Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
- 1941-43
Frederick Charles Stewart, Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1939-41
Wilfrid Ayre, Shipbuilder, Burntisland.
- 1937-39
Alfred Charles Gardner, FRSE, Engineer, Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow.
- 1935-37
Percy Archibald Hillhouse, D.Sc., Professor of Naval Architecture, Glasgow University.
- 1933-35
John Dewar Cormack, CMG, CBE, D.Sc., Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.
- 1929-31
Col. Sir James Lithgow, Bt., M.C., D.L., Shipbuilder, Port Glasgow.
- 1927-29
Ralph David Moore, B.Sc., Steel Founder, Glasgow.
- 1925-27
Archibald Jack Campbell, Shipbuilder, Dalmuir.
- 1923-25
James Howden Hume, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1921-23
Harold Edgar Yarrow, CBE, Engineer and Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
- 1919-21
Thomas Blackwood Murray, D.Sc., Automobile Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1917-19
Alexander Cleghorn, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1915-17
William Walker Lackie, CBE, Engineer and Manager, Glasgow Corporation Electricity Works.
- 1911-13
Ebenezer Hall-Brown, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.1913-15Robert Thomas Moore, D.Sc., Civil and Mining Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1910-11
Archibald Barr, LL.D., D.Sc., Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.
- 1909-10
Charles Pullar Hogg, Civil Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1907-09
John Ward, Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
- 1905-07
James Gilchrist, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1903-05
Sir Archibald Denny, Bt., LL.D., Shipbuilder, Dumbarton.
- 1901-03
William Foulis, Engineer, Glasgow Corporation Gas Works.
- 1899-01
Robert Caird, LL.D., FRSE, Shipbuilder, Greenock.
- 1897-99
George Russell, Mechanical Engineer, Motherwell.
- 1895-97
Sir William Arrol, LL.D., M.P., Engineer and Bridge Builder, Glasgow.
- 1893-95
John Inglis, LL.D., Engineer and Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
- 1891-93
Robert Dundas, Resident Engineer, Southern Division, Caledonian Railway, Glasgow.
- 1889-91
Ebenezer Kemp, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1887-89
Alexander Carnegie Kirk, LL.D., Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1886-87
William Denny, Shipbuilder, Dumbarton.
- 1884-86
James Thomson, LL.D., FRS, Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.
- 1882-84
James Reid, Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow.
- 1880-82
John Lennox Kincaid Jamieson, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1878-80
Robert Mansel, Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
- 1876-78
Robert Bruce Bell, Civil Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1874-76
Hazelton Robson Robson, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1872-74
Robert Duncan, Shipbuilder, Port Glasgow.
- 1870-72
David Rowan, Marine Engineer, Glasgow.
- 1869-70
William John MacQuorn Rankine, LL.D., FRSE, FRS, Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University. (#1)
- 1867-69
James Morris Gale, Engineer, Glasgow Corporation Water Works.
- 1865-67
James Gray Lawrie, Engineer and Shipbuilder. Glasgow.
- 1863-65
James Robert Napier, Engineer and Shipbuilder. Glasgow.
- 1861-63
William Johnstone, Resident Engineer. Glasgow and South Western Railway. Glasgow.
- 1859-61
Walter Montgomerie Neilson, Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow.
- 1857-59
William John MacQuorn Rankine, LL.D., FRSE, FRS, Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Glasgow University.