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1970: Professor John Lamb Murray Morrison
Professor John Lamb Murray Morrison (1906-2001)
85th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Morrison was born in Biggar, near Edinburgh, Scotland in 1906.
He was educated at Biggar High School, then studied at Glasgow University. He graduated in 1927.
He served an apprenticeship with Harland and Wolff, mainly in the marine oil engine shops, but also spending time in the shipyard and the drawing office. In 1928, he joined Bristol University as Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. He became Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1946 and served as Dean of the Faculty from 1957 to 1960.
During the Second World War, Murray worked on aero-engines and armaments on behalf of the Gun Design Committee. Following the War, he was appointed to the Advisory Council on Scientific Research and Technical Development to the Ministry of Supply. From 1948 to 1956 he was Chairman of the Weapon Design and Development Committee. He was also a member of the Weapons and Explosives Advisory Board and of the Guided Weapons Advisory Board from 1950 to 1956. He was then appointed Chairman of the Advisory Council itself.
Morrison died in 2001.
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