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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’.

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

Franco Valente was born in 1956 and grew up in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Having completed his education at St Andrews High School in Kirkcaldy, he studied for a Higher National Diploma in Engineering at Napier College of Commerce and Technology, Edinburgh, from 1975-1978. He left college in June 1978 and worked as a production engineer until September 1979, when, 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 BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering in July 1981.
After leaving Strathclyde, he was employed by Det Norske Veritas in Oslo, Norway, from 1982-1984, firstly in the vibration analysis department and then in the ship strength department; and subsequently worked in Marseille, France, where he supervised the construction of carriers. He returned to Strathclyde in October 1984 to study for a postgraduate degree, graduating with an MSc in Marine Technology (by instruction) in 1986.
Having spent much of his career abroad working as a manager in the marine engineering sector, he returned to live in the UK following his retirement.

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.

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.

Leading advocate of critical pedagogy.

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.

Barbara Thatcher was a lecturer in business at the Scottish College of Commerce and then a senior lecturer in economic history at the University of Strathclyde.

Thatcher graduated with a BCom degree in history from London. In 1949, she was appointed to lecture in the business administration department at the Scottish College of Commerce. Thatcher became the College’s Adviser to Women Students in 1963. The Scottish College of Commerce merged with the University of Strathclyde in 1964 and so Thatcher joined the University and became the first woman lecturer in the economic history department. She became a senior lecturer before retiring in late September 1981. In 1982, she became an honorary lecturer in the Department of History at Strathclyde. She maintained this position until 1987.

During her retirement Thatcher made ecclesiastical history as she became one of the first Episcopal women priests to be ordained in Scotland in 1995.

She died in 2012.

John Butt B.A, PhD., was a lecturer in the Department of Industrial Administration, Royal College of Science and Technology, from 1957 until 1964 when he became a lecturer in American Economic History at the newly formed University of Strathclyde. He was a senior lecturer from 1975 to 1976 when he was appointed Professor of Economic History. He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Studies from 1978 to 1984. He was then appointed Vice Principle at the University of Strathclyde in 1988 and retired in the autumn of 1994.

Butt graduated with a BA from the University of London, subsequently gaining a PhD from the University of Glasgow. He joined the Royal College of Science and Technology in 1959 and was appointed to teach general studies with an inter-disciplinary team in the Department of Industrial Administration. The goal was to teach a range of courses including history, philosophy, geography and urban planning, and literature. In 1964, the College was given university status, and five new departments were created - Economics, Politics, Psychology, Administration and Economic and Industrial History. The Scottish College of Commerce merged with the university in 1964 and Butt introduced American Economic History. He was a senior lecturer from 1975 to 1976. Butt succeeded S. G. E Lythe as Professor of Economic History and in this role, he took on a new project – uncovering and writing the History of the University of Strathclyde. This involved case studies of individuals who made an important impact on the legacy of the university: John Anderson, David Livingstone, and Thomas Graham.

Butt served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Studies from 1978 to 1984 and Deputy Principal in 1986. On the 1st of August 1988 he was appointed Vice Principal.
He was also chairman of the governors of Craigie College, Ayr. He served on the military education committee and the general teaching council. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and was a member of the Royal Commonwealth Society.

John Butt served the History Department at Strathclyde for 37 years, and under his management the History Department was granted an A excellence rating by the University Grants Committee. In autumn 1994 Butt retired from the University of Strathclyde. He died on 3 July 2002 at the age of 73.

A selection of publications by John Butt:

• 'Robert Owen, Prince of Cotton Spinners' (1971) (Co-editor)
• 'An Economic History of Scotland 1100-1939' (1975) (Co-author)
• 'A History of the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society Ltd' (1981) (Co-author)
• 'Essays in Scottish Textile History' (1987) (Co-editor)
• 'John Anderson’s Legacy. The University of Strathclyde and its Antecedents 1796-1996' (1996)

Fernanda Giannasi was a driving force in the campaign to have asbestos banned in Brazil. She was a Civil and Occupational Safety Engineer and was a Labor Inspector for 30 years at the Brazilian Labor Ministry. She founded the GIA-Grupo Interinstitutional of Asbestos and was manager of the State Program for the Banning of Asbestos. Fernanda founded the Brazilian Association of People Exposed to Asbestos (ABREA) and was one of the creators of the CONTREN-National Commission of the Workers on Nuclear Energy.

In 2024, she was a health, labour and environmental consultant for workers' organizations and victims of industrial disease. She also coordinated the Virtual-Citizen Network for the Banning of Asbestos for Latin America and is a member of the Brazilian Environmental Justice Network. Fernanda was part of the Italian Academy of Sciences of the World (Collegium Ramazzini), which awarded her the Ramazzini Prize in 2018.

Fernanda received a number of awards in recognition of her work including the Occupational Health of the American Public Health Association (APHA) in Chicago, 1999; 'Outstanding Citizen' award by the National Progressist Entrepreneurs Basis (PBNE), 2001; the title of “Anti-Asbestos G-Woman in Tokyo in 2004; commendations from the Order of Judicial Merit of Labor from the TST-Superior Labor Court (2014) and the TRT-Regional Labor Court (2015); the FazDiferença (Makes the Difference) Prize from the prestigious Newspaper “O Globo, 2017; and the Rachel LEE Jung-Lim Award in 2017 in South Korea.