Thomas Horsfall Rowland
Thomas Horsfall Rowland, C Eng.
1913 born at Easby Vicarage in Yorkshire
Educated at Middlesborough High School, Yarm Grammar School and Darlington Technical College.
1929 Rowland began his career working as an apprentice structural steel draughtsman for the Cleveland Bridge Co in Darlington.
1935 Became a draughtsman for Dorman Long in Middlesborough
1936 Returned to Cleveland Bridge Company
1937 Became a chief draughtsman’s assistant for Richardson & Cruddas based at the Byeulla Ironworks in Bombay
1938 Returned to Britain to work on bridges and steelwork as a technical assistant for the London Passenger Transport Board
1942 Went to the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough as a production officer and designer of aircraft hides and hangars as well as radar and rocket test rigs
1948 Joined Merz and McLellan as designer of the steel frameworks of power station buildings, as well as steelwork for Rolls-Royce and overhead railway structures.
Obtained the Insignia Award in Technology (CGIA) at the City and Guilds of London Institute in 1962.
1962 Became Senior Engineer in the steel structures department of Rendel, Palmer and Tritton in London
He became a member and later a fellow of the Institute of Structural Engineers (1969), Institute of Welding (1969) and Faculty of Building (1972).
1977 Retired