Background
LAING, John Maurice was born on February 1, 1918 in Carlisle. Son of Sir John (William) Laing, C.B.E., and late Lady Laing.
building and civil engineering contractor
LAING, John Maurice was born on February 1, 1918 in Carlisle. Son of Sir John (William) Laing, C.B.E., and late Lady Laing.
Saint Lawrence College, Ramsgate.
Served with Royal Air Force 1941-1945. Director Bank of England 1963-1980. Chairman Federation Civil Engineering Contractors 1959-1960, Vice President 1960-1977, President 1977-1980.
President British Employers’ Confederation 1964-1965, China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations 1965-1966.
Chairman Export Group for the Constructional Industries 1957-1959, President 1976-1979. Honorary President John Laing Public Limited Company 1982- and former Chairman, former Deputy Chairman Laing Properties Public Limited Company.
Fellow, Nuffield College 1965-1970. Governor Administration Staff College 1966-1972, National Institute of Economical Social Research 1964-1982.
Honorary Doctor of Laws (Strathclyde) 1967.
Commodore, Royal Ocean Racing Club 1973-1975, Admiral 1976-1982.
United Kingdom trade missions to Middle East 1953, to Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia 1955. Export Credits Guarantees Advisory Council 1959-1963, Economics Planning Board 1961, Ministry of Transport Committee of Inquiry into major ports of Great Britain (Rochdale Committee) 1961-1962, National Economic Development Council 1962-1966.
Married Hilda Violet Richards in 1940.