Kenneth Donald MacKenzie ( -1939) of Frederick Braby and Co
1939 Obituary.[1]
KENNETH D. MACKENZIE died in a Glasgow nursing home on May 8, 1939. As a young man he went to Glasgow and for a time was secretary of Arrol’s Bridge and Roof Co. in Springburn. Later he entered the service of Messrs. Frederick Braby & Co., Ltd., steel sheet makers and structural engineers, with which firm he was associated for over forty years; he was a director of the company for twenty-five years, and for a similar period he was general manager of the firm’s Eclipse Works in Springburn and its other branches at Falkirk and Motherwell.
In the steel industry of the country his knowledge and experience were recognised; he was elected a member of the British Iron and Steel Federation, and represented his firm at the Sheet Makers’ Conference, an important section of the Federation.
Mr. Mackenzie had been a Member of the Iron and Steel Institute since 1920.
1939 Obituary [2]
It is with regret that we note the death of Mr. Kenneth D. MacKenzie on Monday, May 8th. He had served the firm of Fredk. Braby and Co., Ltd., for forty years, the latter twenty-five years as a director.
Mr. MacKenzie was a prominent figure in the steel trade in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. having for twenty-five years acted as general manager at the company's Eclipse Works in Springburn and its other branches in Scotland.
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- ↑ 1939 Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute
- ↑ The Engineer 1939/05/19 p632