Lesley Scott Souter
Lesley Scott Souter, electrical engineer
1917 Born in Elgin, Lesley came from a family of engineers; their home was called The Foundry.
1936 When she went to the University of Glasgow she was following her father’s profession. She was the first female electrical engineering student at the University of Glasgow.
1940 Taking her practical classes at the Royal Technical College (now the University of Strathclyde) she graduated in 1940 with the first BSc Honours 1st class to be granted to a woman.
1942 She was an active member of the Women's Engineering Society, joining its council in 1942
1960 The Caroline Haslett Memorial Trust made awards to 2 female engineers to study the training and employment of female engineers in USSR - these were Rosina Winslade, senior sales engineer at Research and Control Instruments Ltd, and Lesley S. Souter, of the AEI Research Laboratory, Harlow[1]
In retirement she was elected as a Conservative councillor for Rugby Borough Council in 1976, her service being commemorated by the naming of Lesley Souter House, Whitehall Road, Rugby.
1981 Died in Rugby[2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- University of Glasgow website