S. A. B. Muirhead
S. A. B. Muirhead ( -1969)
1970 Obituary [1]
Mr S. A. B. Muirhead (Member), Deputy Managing Director of Alfred Herbert Ltd and Managing Director of Herbert Boring and Drilling Ltd, died on 6th December 1969.
Mr Muirhead had been with Alfred Herbert Ltd since the age of 14, when he began his apprenticeship. In 1932 he was promoted to Plant Efficiency Engineer. In the war he set up the new factory at Lutterworth. He remained as Works Manager there until 1952 when he was made Production Director of the Company. In 1955 he was created Director of Works and Production and later Group Production Director. In 1966 he became Group Deputy Managing Director and in 1968, at the time of the reorganisation, he assumed the additional duties of Managing Director of Herbert Boring and Drilling Ltd.
A Freeman of Coventry since 1926, he was also on the Management Board of the Coventry and District Engineering Employers Association. A well-known and respected figure in the Midlands, Mr Muirhead leaves a gap in the life of the area.