Alexander Maclean Porkess was a student at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow from 1948 to 1952. In 1952 he was awarded an Associateship with first class honours in Mechanical Engineering.
One of Darwin's fiercest critics, Saint George Jackson Mivart was a British biologist who attempted to reconcile the theory of natural selection with his Catholic beliefs.
The Staff Committee (General) was established in September 1974 to consider and make recommendations to the Staff Policy Committee on matters of policy relating to the employment of staff other than academic and related staff. Also to make decisions on the establishment, appointment, conditions of employment and training of staff other than academic and related staff.
In October 1974, it changed its name to the Staff Committee (Non-Teaching).
The Accommodation Sub-Committee was established in March 1969 as a working party of the Academic Planning Committee with the remit of examining the accommodation available to University departments. In October 1981, it was adopted by the Joint Policy Committee. In August 1982, the Sub-Committee was discontinued and replaced by a new Accommodation Sub-Committee with an amended compostition and remit. Its new remit was to be responsible to the Estates and Buildings Committee for the detailed allocation of accommodation and to advise the Estates and Buildings Committee on the outline growth plan and the financial requirements of physical planning.
The Architecture Committee was established in 1904 to superintend the work of the Architecture Department of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College as well as architecture classes in the College's Industrial Arts Department.