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He completed his service in 1948 having gained the position of Deputy Assistant Director Mechanical Engineering (North Burma and China).
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Alastair Paterson
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Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he was the 124th President of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1988 to November 1989 and President of the Institution of Structural Engineers from 1984 to 1985. After graduating from the Royal Technical College, Glasgow in 1944, Paterson joined the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and reached the rank of Major. In 1948 Paterson joined Merz & McLelland in Esher, then Aberdeen.
In 1958 he left to join Taylor Woodrow working with Frank Gibb on nuclear power station projects.
He was involved in the structural engineering of the Aberdeen School of Artist He became Chairman of the British Consultants" Bureau in 1976.
He was President of the Institution of Structural Engineers from 1984 to 1985, and President of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1988 to November 1989.
