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Avril Webster (later Mrs Braidswood) was a student at Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow from 1951 to 1954.

John Webster was awarded a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow in 1946, and the Associateship in Mechanical Engineering in 1949. In 1950, he obtained a BSc in Engineering from the University of London. He held a number of positions at the Royal Technical College and its successor, the University of Strathclyde, namely:

• Demonstrator, Mechanical Engineering, 1948
• Assistant Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, 1949
• Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, 1950
• Senior Lecturer, Engineering Drawing and Design, 1960
• Reader, Engineering Drawing and Design, 1967
• Personal Professor, Faculty of Engineering, 1983
• Dean of Faculty of Engineering, 1982-1988

German architect.

Christina Weir was a student at Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow from 1928 to 1929. She later married John McCutcheon, who also attended the College.

John Weir was an Educational handwork student at Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow in 1946.

Tony Welton (christened George Welton) was born in Barry, Wales in 1911. The youngest of 13 children, his father was a boilermaker at the local docks. In 1935, he moved to Scotland to attend Jordanhill College of Education, studying at the Scottish School of Physical Education and Hygiene. He joined George Heriot’s School in 1939 as one of the PE staff but was called up in 1940 and joined the RAF. He returned to the school and worked there for nearly 40 years.
He also worked for the BBC doing a fitness programme before 8am, called ‘Up in the Morning Early’. Later, he was an announcer at the Scottish Schools Athletic Championships and the 1970 Commonwealth Games at Meadowbank.