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1953: Alfred Roebuck
Alfred Roebuck (1889-1962)
68th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Alfred Roebuck was born in Thurlstone, England in 1889. He became an apprentice with the firm of Hadfields Ltd, local steel makers and engineers, at their East Hecla Works. He remained with this company for the rest of his working life. From 1931 until 1945 he was Works Director, and for the following five years, until his retirement in 1950, he was Director with Special Duties.
In 1949 the Anglo-American Council on Productivity appointed him leader of the first specialist team to visit the USA to study materials handling in factories.
He was a supporter of the Junior Institution of Engineers, of which he was President in 1949. He was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1953.
He died in 1962.
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