Professor Tom Patten (1926-1999), marine scientist
1926 January 1st. Born Ford, Northumberland, the son of William Patten, the manager of the Scottish region of the Prudential Insurance Co
1950 Married to Jacqueline Wright (one son, two daughters)
1950-52 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Engineering, Edinburgh University
1952-60 Lecturer
1960-67 Senior Lecturer
1967-82 Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University
1991-92 President, Institute of Mechanical Engineering
1999 April 10th. Died Edinburgh