Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow | Director

Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College | Secretary and treasurer 1888-1903

Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College | Secretary and director 1903-1911

Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow | Principal 1960-1964

The office of Director was created in 1911 although it grew out of the office of Secretary and Treasurer created in 1888 by the Board of Governors of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. As the College had grown, so had the responsibilities of the Secretary and Treasurer, and the name was changed a number of times to reflect this. In 1903, it was renamed Secretary and Director, in 1911 Director and, finally, in 1960, Principal.

The Director was the chief executive of the College and was responsible to the Board of Governors for the day to day management of the College.

The Director was initially assisted by a number of clerks. In 1928, the two posts of Secretary and Treasurer were created to relieve the Director of routine work. Both posts were directly responsible to the Board of Governors but remained uinder the general supervision of the Director. In 1949, the two posts were combined under the title Secretary-Treasurer.

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Authority record created according to the National Council on ArchivesRules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (NCA Rules)1997 and International Council on Archives: Ad Hoc Committee on Descriptive StandardsInternational Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (ISAAR) CPF1995.

Corporate name authority record compiled by Victoria Peters, research archivist, 11 March 2004.