Stanley Fabes Dorey
1947 Bio Note. [1]
Dr. DOREY was educated at Owen's School, London, and served his apprenticeship at Chatham Royal Dockyard. He received his academic training at Armstrong College (now King's College), Newcastle upon Tyne, as a Whitworth Exhibitioner and Lloyd's Register of Shipping Scholar in marine engineering.
During the 1914-18 war he served as an Engineer Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
In 1919 he was appointed an Engineer and Ship Surveyor to Lloyd's Register of Shipping and, after service at a number of ports, he was appointed to the Chief Engineer Surveyor's Staff in 1924. In 1932 he was appointed Chief Engineer Surveyor.
Dr. Dorey is a member of several Research Committees and has contributed a large number of papers to various technical institutions. In 1946 Dr. Dorey received the Honour of C.B.E.
Besides being a Vice-President of the Institution, he is Chairman of the Inventions and Research Committee. He is a Past-President of the Institute of Refrigeration, a Vice-President of the Institution of Naval Architects and the Institute of Marine Engineers and, as well as representing the Institution on the British Standards Institution Engineering Divisional Council, he is Chairman of their Mechanical Engineering Industry Standards Committee. He is also a member of the D.S.I.R. Mechanical Engineering Research and Fire Research Boards, and of the Home Office Gas Cylinders and Containers Committee (1946), a Vice-President of the British Internal Combustion Engine Research Association, a member of the Research Board of the British Shipbuilding Research Association and of the Mechanical Engineering Industry Advisory Committee of the Central Register, Ministry of Labour and National Service.
1972 Obituary [2]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1947 IMechE Proceedings
- ↑ 1972 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Obituaries