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George Wyllie was born in Glasgow in 1921. Initially a sailor and then a customs officer, he rapidly acquired a national and international reputation as an artist and sculptor, working in regenerative, performance and public art. The underlying principle of his work was that art can change ideas and is an essential force in society. There was always a question at the heart of his work. He called his art Scul?ture.

Wyllie exhibited widely in the United Kingdom, Europe, India and the United States. His best known works are ‘The Straw Locomotive,’ ‘The Paper Boat,’ ‘A Day Down a Goldmine’, ‘Equilibrium of Spires’ and ‘The Cosmic Voyage.’ He also worked in theatre, writing, installations and film. He lived and worked in Gourock, Scotland.

Wyllie had a long association with the University of Strathclyde, staging his first ever solo exhibition in the University’s Collins Gallery in 1976. In April 1990, the University awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters.

In 2005, he was awarded an MBE for service to the Arts. He died in 2012.

Secretary and Librarian of the London Library, 1893 to 1940.

William Steele Wood was the first person awarded a PhD by the University of Strathclyde. Wood gained his PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering on 09 July 1965. He was later an Emeritus Professor at the University of Strathclyde.

Charles Geoffrey Wood was appointed Librarian at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow in 1953 and subsequently became the first Librarian of the University of Strathclyde upon the granting of its Rroyal charter in 1964, a post he held until his retirement in 1982. During his time as Librarian the Library underwent major expansion and introduced some of the first applications of new technology in library operations such as telex and an early computerised circulation system. During this period he gained his fellowship of the Library Association and was awarded the honorary degrees of M.A. and M.Litt by the University of Strathclyde and also received the Queen's Silver Jubilee medal. After his retirement he was granted the title of Emeritus Librarian. Wood was also a founding member of the '96 Group which was set up to promote interest in the history of the University prior to its bi-centenary in 1996.

Swiss painter.