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1961: Sir Kenneth F Hague
Sir Kenneth F. Hague (1901-1974)
76th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Hague was born in Leeds, England in 1901. He attended New College School, Oxford, before studying at Leeds University. He joined Babcock and Wilcox Ltd. in 1924 and stayed with this company for the whole of his working life.
He rose through various positions at Babcock and Wilcox, becoming Managing Director in 1950 and Chairman in 1960. His main interests were in steam engineering and nuclear engineering. He was also actively involved with industrial labour relations, and served as a member of the UK Management Labour Delegation to the United States, and as British Representative on the Public Utilities Committee of the Combined Production and Resources Board in Washington.
Perhaps his most important contribution was his work towards the unification of the engineering profession. He took an active part in the formation of the Engineering Institutions Joint Council in 1961 and served as the first Chairman of its Council. He held this position until the reorganization in 1965, when it was renamed the Council of Engineering Institutions and was granted a Royal Charter.
He was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1961 and was made an Honorary Fellow in 1967.
He died in 1974.
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