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Alistair Goldsmith was educated at Jordanhill College School, Glasgow, and Marr College, Troon, Ayrshire. In the autumn of 1970, he commenced undergraduate studies at the Scottish Hotel School, University of Strathclyde, and graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Hotel and Catering Management in 1973. He then completed a postgraduate course at Strathclyde, qualifying for the Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management in April 1975. After leaving university, he joined the Trust Houses Forte Hotels company as Personnel Manager for St George's Hotel, Liverpool: a post secured via Professor John Beavis at the Scottish Hotel School, who 'matched' him with the role when approached by the company. He subsequently returned to Scotland to manage the hotel at Weem, near Aberfeldy, before moving to the Queen's Hotel, Prestwick. Whilst in Prestwick, he also worked as a volunteer on the Waverley, the world's last seagoing paddle steamer. This led to a full time post as Catering Officer for the Waverley Steam Navigation Company Ltd, Glasgow, from 1978-1980. Having re-established contact with the Scottish Hotel School, he was then invited to return there in September 1980 to assist with teaching for a term. This temporary arrangement became permanent, and he remained on the staff of the Scottish Hotel School until his retirement in 2009. Whilst lecturing there, he also gained two postgraduate research degrees from the University of Strathclyde: an MLitt in History, awarded in 1985, and a PhD in History, awarded in 2002 for his thesis on 'The development of the City of Glasgow Police c.1800-c.1939.' In retirement, Dr Goldsmith is an active member of the University of Strathclyde Graduates' Association, serving as its President in 2024.

Leading advocate of critical pedagogy.

Richard Doll was one of the most highly celebrated epidemiologists of the 20th century, He was best known for his work on smoking and lung cancer.

Julian Peto was an epidemiologist whose dose-response models for asbestos-related cancers contributed directly to reducing industrial exposure levels and subsequently to the European asbestos ban, and are still the accepted basis for environmental risk assessment.

Franco Valente was born in 1956 and grew up in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. After completing his secondary education at St Andrews High School in Kirkcaldy, he pursued a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mechanical Engineering at Napier College of Commerce and Technology, Edinburgh, from 1975-1978. On gaining the HND with distinction in June 1978, he joined Ferranti Ltd, Edinburgh, as a production engineer. In September 1979, at the suggestion of a friend who had lately taken a similar route, he applied to study for a degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Strathclyde and was accepted for direct entry into the third year of the course in October 1979. He graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in Mechanical Engineering in July 1981.

After leaving Strathclyde, he spent four months as a graduate trainee with the South of Scotland Electricity Board in Glasgow, followed by 18 months as a graduate trainee with Det Norske Veritas in Oslo, Norway, working firstly in the vibration analysis department and then in the ship strength department. On completing his graduate traineeship, he remained with Det Norske Veritas and the company gave him a year’s study leave to take a postgraduate qualification at Strathclyde. He returned to the University as a full-time student in October 1984 and graduated with the degree of Master of Science in Marine Technology (by instruction) in 1986.

Thereafter, he worked as an engineering surveyor for Det Norske Veritas in Marseille, France, and as an engineer at the company’s headquarters in Oslo. In 1991, he became a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. His subsequent employers included Lloyds Register (1998-1991); British Gas Exploration and Production Ltd (1991-1997), British Gas International Ltd (1998-2005), KPDL (2005-2011), BG Tunisia (2011-2014), BG Reading (2014-2016) and Tullow Oil (January-November 2017). Having ultimately moved into facilities engineering management, he gained the Fellowship of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in 2010 and retired from full-time employment in 2017 but continued to work part-time on an ad hoc basis until 2021.

Annabella McNab (later Mrs Cowley) was a student at the Glasgow Provincial Training College. She lived at Minard and later at Strachur, Argyll.

Rory Stride was a student at the University of Strathclyde. In 2016, he completed a BA thesis called ‘“Proud to be a Clyde shipbuilder. Clyde built”: The Changing Work Identity of Govan’s Shipbuilders, c.1960-Present.’ In 2018, he completed an MSC thesis called ‘Gender, Work and Deindustrialisation: Women’s Experiences of Work and Closure at James Templeton & Co., Glasgow, c.1960-1981’.