Career
Brought up in Dublin and educated at Mountjoy School in Dublin, David McMurtry joined Bristol Aeronautical Engines as an apprentice in 1958. In 1966, following an acquisition, he found himself employed by Rolls-Royce plc where he became Deputy Chief Designer and Assistant Chief of Engine Design at Filton. In 1973, while working on Concorde"s engines, he designed his first trigger probe.
In 1989 he became a Royal Designer for Industry.
He was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994 and was knighted in the 2001 New Year Honours. In 2001, McMurtry was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
In 2008 the University of Bath awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering. In 2011 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
