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ENGINEERING. In thus bringing to a conclusion their labours the organizing Committee expressed their gratitude to their fellows afloat and ashore for the help accorded them in bringing the association into actual existence.
It was then decided unanimously to style the body the "Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders," Mr. Gilles was elected the first President and Messrs. James Wotton R.N., Robert Cooke and George Peebles, Government Surveyor, Vice-Presidents.
The following list of Past Presidents is of interest:-
From 1891-1900 David Gilles, 1901-1902 Robert Cooke. 1902-1903 William Ramsay, 1903-1904 Donald Macdonald, 1904-1905 William C. Jack, 1905-1906 Newman Mumford, 1906-1907 H. T. Richards, 1907-1908 W. A. Crake, 1908-1909 T. W. Robertson, 1909-1910 T. Skinner, 1910-1911 J. F. Miller, 1911-1912 R. M. Dyer, 1912–1913 James Reid, 1913-1914 J. McCubbin, 1914-1915 Eng. Com C. W. Roome, R.N., 1915-1918 Prof. C. A. M. Smith, 1916-1917 K. E. Greig, 1917-1918 James Macdonald, 1918-1919 James W. Granham, 1919-1920 R. M. Dyer, 1920-1921 F. Neave, 1921-1922 James Reid, 1922-1923 C. J. Harman, 1923-1925 S. Baker, 1924-1925 W. Russell 1925-1926 B. L. Frost, 1926-1927 J. Ormiston, 1927-1928 W. J. Hill, 1928-1929 W. J. Stokes, 1929-1930 L. J. Blackburn, 1930-1931 M. Dyer, C. B. E., 1931-1932 E. W. Blackmore, 1932-1933 P. T. Farrell and 1933-1934 J. fully. R.
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