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1980: Bryan Hildrew
Bryan Hildrew (1920-2012)
95th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Bryan Hildrew was born in Sunderland, England in 1920.
He was educated at Bede Collegiate Boys School, and at the Technical College, Sunderland. After leaving school, he entered into a five year apprenticeship with the North Eastern Marine Engine Works, Sunderland. He began his apprenticeship at the time of the 1930s recession, and believes that his willingness to play football for the company significantly improved his job prospects!
He attended Sunderland Technical College, initially in the evenings, and later full time, and studied for an external degree at London University. On the completion of his apprenticeship, he joined the Royal Navy as an Engineer Officer. He spent the next five years in sea-going appointments.
In 1946 he returned to England, and studied for a Master’s degree at City and Guilds College under Professor, later Sir Owen Saunders. His research subject was the determination of the flow of heat into large turbine rotors.
After completing his degree, in 1948 he joined Lloyd’s Register of Shipping. For eight years he travelled the world carrying out field investigations into failures in ships and their machinery, and into measuring the static and dynamic strain in heavy industrial engineering plant and structures.
In 1957, Hildrew was seconded to the nuclear submarine project team, first at Harwell and then at Bath.
Upon his return to Lloyd’s Register, he established the computer department. He was made Chief Engineer Surveyor in 1967 and Technical Director in 1970.
He was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1980, and President of the Institute of Marine Engineers from 1983 to 1985. He was also Chairman of the Council of Engineering Institutions from 1981 to 1982.
Bryan Hildrew died on 11 January 2012 aged 91 years.
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