Background
Gill, Laurance Leslie was born on December 20, 1936 in Bradford, England. Son of Walter Leslie and Edith (Smith) Gill.
educator metallurgical engineer
Gill, Laurance Leslie was born on December 20, 1936 in Bradford, England. Son of Walter Leslie and Edith (Smith) Gill.
BMet, Sheffield U., 1958; MMet, Sheffield U., 1960.
Metallurgist, Firth Brown Ltd., Sheffield, England, 1960-1964; development metallurgist, Firth Brown Ltd., Sheffield, England, 1964-1968; production manager, Union Carbide United Kingdom Ltd., Glossop, England, 1968-1974; steel plant manager, Manchester (England) Steel Ltd., 1974-1978; works manager, Manchester (England) Steel Ltd., 1978-1980; group technical manager, Manchester (England) Steel Ltd., 1980-1985; lecturer II, Manchester Polytechnic, 1985-1987; senior lecturer, Manchester Polytechnic, 1987-1993; program director Manchester Manufacturing Integrated Graduate Development Scheme, Manchester (England) Metropolitan University, since 1994. Consultant Energy Technology Support Unit United Kingdom Department Energy, Didcot, Oxfordshire, since 1985, Specialist Testing and Transport Utilities Society, Manchester, since 1989.
Chairman Glossop and District Round Table, 1977. Governor Duke of Norfolk's School, Glossop, 1976. Fellow Institute Materials (ironmaking and steelmkaing committee since 1982).
Married Anne Patricia Davis, October 29, 1960. Children: Deborah, Kathryn.