Edwyn A. Finlay was a day student in Mechanical Engineering at the Glagow and West of Scotland Technical College, 1906.
John Bell was an evening class student at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. He was a foundry engineer and in 1955 the Institute of British Foundrymen founded the John Bell Travelling Scholarship at the Royal Technical College in his honour. In 1957 he was made a Freeman of the City of London.
Samuel Abrines was educated at Marr College, Troon. This was followed by a year at Glasgow School of Art and then national service in the RAF. Afterwards, he studied economics at the University of Glasgow, receiving an MA in 1955.
After university, he worked in insurance for two years and then taught geography at Bellshill Academy. In 1962, he became lecturer in industrial administration at the Scottish College of Commerce, a post he continued to hold at the University of Strathclyde.
Abrines also acted as a consultant on industrial relations and the implications of equal pay for women.
The Fraser of Allander Institute was established in 1975 to carry out research on the Scottish economy. It was established following discussions between the University and the Hugh Fraser Foundation.
The Institute is part of the Department of Economics and the Strathclyde Business School.
The Department of Ship and Marine Technology had its origins with the teaching of Naval Architecture at Anderson's College (antecedent of the University of Strathclyde) which commenced in September 1882. In 1970, the Department of Naval Architecture changed its name to the Department of Shipbuilding and Naval Architecture. In October 1981, the department was again renamed and became the Department of Ship and Marine Technology. In 1986, the department became part of the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering.
Leonard King was a graduate of St. John's College, Cambridge. In 1904, he was appointed Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at St. Mungo's College Medical School, Glasgow. In the same year, he was appointed Lecturer in Zoology at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, a post he held until 1920. In 1905 he was appointed Lecturer in Zoology at the Glasgow United Free Church Training College.
Robert Tatlock was born in Glasgow in 1837. He was educated at Greyfriars Church School, Glasgow and the Trades' House School before studying chemistry at Anderson's University in the mid 1850s. From 1857 to 1867 he was chief assistant to Professor Frederick Penny at Anderson's University. This was followed by a year as chemist at Kames Gunpowder Company, Kyles of Bute. In 1869 he commenced business in Glasgow as an analytical and consulting chemsit. Between 1873 and 1884 he was a chemistry lecturer at the Glasgow Mechanics' Institution. Tatlock also served as public analyst, gas examiner and sewage chemist to Glasgow Corporation.
Donald Ross joined the Royal Technical College, Glasgow in 1946 to teach engineering and technical subjects. He was appointed lecturer in mechanical and production engineering in 1952. In 1961 he was appointed lecturer in production engineering at the Royal College of Science and Technology and, in 1963, he became senior lecturer in production engineering at the University of Strathclyde. In 1967 he was appointed Rolls-Royce Professor at the University.
The Department of Applied Geology was established in 1965. In 1989, it was transferred to the University of Glasgow.
In 1987, the Centre for Planning was formed at the University of Strathclyde by the merger of the University's Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the planning schools of the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art. In 1995, the Centre was renamed the Department of Environmental Planning.
The Department of English Studies was founded in 1964.
The Department of Marketing was established in 1971.
The Department of Accounting and Finance had its origins in 1952 with the establishment of the Department of Accountancy.