The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is the British engineering society concerned with mechanical engineering.
Overview
- Vision statement:To be the natural professional home for all involved in Mechanical Engineering
The Institution was founded in 1847 in the Manchester house of Charles Beyer by George Stephenson and others. The Institution of Civil Engineers had been founded in 1818, and the Institution of Electrical Engineers was founded later in 1871.
Presidents
There have been 119 presidents of the Institute, who since 1922 has been elected annually for one year. The first president was George Stephenson, followed by his son Robert. John Penn is the only person to have served two terms. Pamela Liversidge was the first — and so far only — woman president. The 2004 president is William Edgar . Past presidents include:
| No.
| Years
| Name
| Sphere
|
| 1
| 1847-1848
| George Stephenson
|
| railway engineer
|
| 2
| 1849-1853
| Robert Stephenson
|
| railway engineer, MP
|
| 3
| 1854-1855
| William Fairbairn
|
| manufacturer, trader, ironmaster, bridge, mill wheels, ships, later made baronet.
|
| 4
| 1856-1857
| Joseph Whitworth
|
|
| 5
| First term
1858-1859
| John Penn
|
|
| 6
| 1860
| James Kennedy
|
|
| 7
| 1861-1862
| William George Armstrong
|
|
| 8
| 1863-1865
| Robert Napier
|
|
| 5
| second term
1866-1868
| John Penn
|
|
| 9
| 1869-1871
| John Ramsbottom
|
|
| 10
| 1872-1873
| William Siemens
|
|
| 11
| 1874-1875
| Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell
|
|
| 12
|
| Thomas Hawksley
|
|
| 13
|
| John Robinson
|
|
| 14
|
| Edwin Alfred Cowper
|
|
| 15
|
| Percy Graham Buchanana Westmacott
|
|
| 16
|
| Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell
|
|
| 17
|
| Jeremiah Head
|
|
| 18
|
| Sir Edward Hamer Carbutt
|
|
| 19
|
| Charles Cochrane
|
|
| 20
|
| Joseph Tomlinson
|
|
| 21
|
| Sir William Anderson
|
|
| 22
|
| Prof. Alexander Blackie William Kennedy
|
|
| 23
|
| Edward Windsor Richards
|
|
| 24
|
| Samuel W. Johnson
|
| Chief Mechanical Engineer, Midland Railway
|
| 25
|
| Sir William Henry White
|
|
| 26
|
| William Henry May
|
|
| 27
|
| Joseph Hartley Wicksteed
|
|
| 28
|
| Edward Pritchard Martin
|
|
| 29
|
| Tom Hurry Riches
|
|
| 30
|
| John Aspinall
|
| Chief Mechanical Engineer, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
|
| 31
|
| Edward B Ellington
|
|
| 32
|
| Sir Hay Frederick Donaldson
|
|
| 33
|
| William Cawthorne Unwin
|
|
| 34
|
| Michael Longridge
|
|
| 35
|
| Edward Hopkinson
|
|
| 36
|
| Cpt Matt Henry Phineas Riall Sankey
|
|
| 37
| 1922
| Dr Henry Selby Hele-Shaw
|
|
| 38
| 1923
| Sir John Dewrance
|
|
| 39
| 1924
| William Henry Patchell
|
|
| 40
| 1925
| Sir Vincent Raven
|
| Chief Mechanical Engineer, North Eastern Railway
|
| 41
| 1926
| Sir William Reavell
|
|
| 42
| 1927
| Sir Henry Fowler
|
| Chief Mechanical Engineer, Midland Railway and London Midland and Scottish Railway
|
| 43
| 1928
| Richard William Allen
|
|
| 44
| 1929
| Daniel Adamson
|
|
| 45
| 1930
| Loughnan St Lawrence Pendred
|
|
| 46
| 1931
| Edwin Kitson Clark
|
|
| 47
| 1932
| William Taylor
|
|
| 48
| [[1933]
| Alan Ernest Leofric Chorlton
|
|
| 49
| 1934
| Charles Day
|
|
| 50
| 1935
| Major-General Alexander Elliott Davidson
|
|
| 51
| 1936
| Sir Nigel Gresley
|
| Chief Mechanical Engineer, London and North Eastern Railway
|
| 52
| 1937
| Sir John Edward Thornycroft
|
|
| 53
| 1938
| David E Roberts
|
|
| 54
| 1939
| E. Bruce Ball
|
|
| 55
| 1940
| Asa Binns
|
|
| 56
| 1941
| Sir William Stanier
|
| Chief Mechanical Engineer, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
|
| 57
| 1942
| Col Stephen Joseph Tompson
|
|
| 58
| 1943
| Frederick Charles Lea
|
|
| 59
| 1944
| Herry Ralph Ricardo
|
|
| 60
| 1945
| Andrew Robertson
|
|
| 61
| 1946
| Oliver Bullied
|
| Chief Mechanical Engineer, Southern Railway
|
| 62
| 1947
| Lord Dudley Gordon
|
|
| 63
| 1948
| E. William Gregson
|
|
| 64
| 1949
| Herbert John Gough
|
|
| 65
| 1950
| Stanley Fabes Dory
|
|
| 66
| 1951
| Arthur Clifford Hartley
|
|
| 67
| 1952
| Sir David Randall Pye
|
|
| 68
| 1953
| Alfred Roebuc
|
|
| 69
| 1954
| Richard William Bailey
|
|
| 70
| 1955
| Percy Lewis Jones
|
|
| 71
| 1956
| Thomas Arckle Crowe
|
|
| 72
| 1957
| George Nelson
|
|
| 73
| 1958
| Air Marshal Sir Robert Owen Jones
|
|
| 74
| 1959
| Herbert Desmond Carter
|
|
| 75
| 1960
| Owen Alfred Saunders
|
|
| 76
| 1961
| Sir Charles Hague
|
|
| 77
| 1962
| John Hereward Pitchford
|
|
| 78
| 1963
| Roland Curling Bond
|
|
| 79
| 1964
| Vice-Admiral Sir Frank Mason
|
|
| 80
| 1965
| Harold Norman Gwynne Allen
|
|
| 81
| 1966
| Christopher Hinton
|
|
| 82
| 1967
| Hugh Graham Conway
|
|
| 83
| 1968
| Arnold Lewis George Lindley
|
|
| 84
| 1969
| Donald Frederick Galloway
|
|
| 85
| 1970
| John Lamb Murray Morrison
|
|
| 86
| 1971
| Robert Lank Lickley
|
|
| 87
| 1972
| Donald Gresham Stokes
|
|
| 88
| 1973
| John William Atwell
|
|
| 89
| 1974
| St John de Hold Elstub
|
|
| 90
| 1975
| Paul Thomas Fletcher
|
|
| 91
| 1976
| Ewen McEwen
|
|
| 92
| 1977
| Hugh Ford
|
|
| 93
| 1978
| Diarmuid Downs
|
|
| 94
| 1979
| James Gordon Dawson
|
|
| 95
| 1980
| Bryahn Hildrew
|
|
| 96
| 1981
| Francis David Penny
|
|
| 97
| 1982
| Victor John Osola /Vaino Junani Osola
|
|
| 98
| 1983
| George Fritz Werner Adler
|
|
| 99
| 1984
| Waheeb Rizk
|
|
| 100
| 1985
| Sir Philip Foreman
|
|
| 101
| 1986
| Bernard Crossland
|
|
| 102
| 1987
| Oscar Roith
|
|
| 103
| 1988
| Cecil Charles John French
|
|
| 104
| 1989
| Roy Ernest James Roberts
|
|
| 105
| 1990
| Michael Cooper Neale
|
|
| 106
| 1991
| Duncan Dowson
|
|
| 107
| 1992
| Tom D. Patten
|
|
| 108
| 1993
| Anthony Albert Denton
|
|
| 109
| 1994
| Brian Hamilton Kent
|
|
| 110
| 1995
| Frank Christopher Price
|
|
| 111
| 1996
| Robert William Ernest Shannon
|
|
| 112
| 1997
| Pamela Liversidge
|
|
| 113
| 1998
| John Spence (engineer)
|
|
| 114
| 1999
| James McKnight
|
|
| 115
| 2000
| Denis E. Filer
|
|
| 116
| 2001
| Tony Roche
|
|
| 117
| 2002
| John McDougall
|
|
| 117
| 2003
| Chris Taylor
|
|
| 119
| 2004
| William Edgar
| pdf.
|
See also
References
- Robert H. Parsons, A History of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1847–1947
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