Constituted in 1884 as the Glasgow Association of Students of the Institution, ICE Glasgow & West of Scotland (GWoS) was the first ‘local association’ of the Institution to be established outside London.  In 1888, the membership was widened to include all grades of membership and effectively covered the whole of Scotland.

Over time, meetings were held, firstly in Edinburgh which ultimately led in 1938 to the establishment of an independent ‘Edinburgh Association’, and later in Inverness, Argyll, and Dumfries & Galloway, which were all established as Branches of the parent ICE Glasgow & West of Scotland body.  Throughout its long history, ICE GWoS has held a well-earned reputation as being an active and well-respected focus for the profession in the area.

In November 2009, GWoS became the largest of the five constituted Branches under the newly formed ICE Scotland Region.
 

Some Past Chairmans' Addresses are available for download, click on the links below.

Year Chairman
2011 RT Hunter BSc (Hons) CEng MICE MCIHT
2010 G Rennie BSc CEng MICE MCIWEM
2009 D Anderson BSc MEng MICE
2008 J S M McNaught BSc MBA FICE
2007 G M Pomphrey BSc FICE
2006 A Simpson DL MA MICE
2005 A Macdonald BSc FICE
2004 A A Nicholls BSc MBA FICE
2003 A J MacLennan BSc CEng FICE
2002 D C Hutchison BSc FICE
2001 T J Hindle BSc CEng MICE MIOSH
2000 G G T Masterton BA MSc DIC CEng FICE FIStructE FIES MCIWEM FConsE
1999 Dr G Pender BSc PhD CEng FICE MCIWEM
1998 J P McCafferty BSc CEng FICE FIStructE FIHT ACIArb FConsE
1997 C W Hamilton CEng MICE FCIOB MIHT
1996 J G Carruthers MSc CEng FICE
1995 N W Buchanan BSc CEng FICE FIHT MInstWM MConsE
1994 N Buchan BSc CEng FICE FIHT
1993 G M Leslie BSc CEng FICE
1992 W J Stuart MSc MEng MBA CEng MICE
1991 R McGowan BSc FICE FIStructE FIHT FCIArb MConsE
1990 A W Anderson BSc CEng FICE MConsE
1989  H M Lennox BSc CEng FICE
1988  A Gilchrist CEng FICE
1987  J M Dunbar MSc CEng MICE FIWEM
1986  W G McAlonan MSc FICE
1985  W G Dunbar BSc CEng FICE MIStructE
1984  Prof. G Fleming BSc PhD CEng FICE MIWES
1983  W J Barr MICE
1982  J G Logie BSc CEng FICE
1981  R B Davenport BSc CEng MICE
1980  W B Paterson CEng FICE FIMunE FIHE FBIM
1979 D J Coates BSc FICE
1978 J B Fisher BSc CEng FICE FIHE
1977 J S Lang BSc CEng FICE FIPHE MIWPC MConsE
1976 Prof. D G McKinlay BSc PhD ARCST CEng FICE FASCE FGS
1975 S Thorburn CEng FICE FIStructE FASCE FGS
1974 T M Howie BSc CEng FICE
1973 J Armour CEng FICE
1972 R H Morton ERD CEng FICE FIStructE
1971 R B Braithwaite CEng FICE
1970 J McL Fraser BSc CEng FICE FSA (SCOT)
1969 Prof W T Marshall BSc PhD FICE MIStructE
1968 A Leslie TD MA FICE MIWE FASCE
1967 D Cameron Lindsay BSc MICE
1966 R J P Cowan BSc MICE MIPHE
1965 W M Cormie OBE BSc MICE
1964 J W Kirkwood MICE MIPHE MISP
1963 Prof H B Sutherland SM MICE MIStructE FRSE
1962 J Gall Smith BSc MInst StE
1961 J Paton MICE
1960 J Robertson BSc MICE
1959 A Thomson BSc MICE
1958 W Paterson MICE
1957 D M Hamilton BSc MEng MICE MASCE
1956 R M Campbell BSc MICE
1955 N M Bryden MBE BSc MICE
1953 S D Canvin BSc MICE
1952 L Camie MICE MIWE EAMIMunE
1951 J H Murray MICE MIMunE MIWE
1949 W Linn MICE
1948 R T Bruce BSc MICE MIMunE
1946 A C Gardner MICE MIMechE FRSE Hon MIES
1945  J A Banks MBE MInstCE
1944 J Williamson MInstCE
1943 Prof G Cook DSc MInstCE FRS
1937 A Leitch BSc MInstCE
1936 J M Hogg JP MInstCE
1935  J D Cormack CMG CBE DSc MInstCE
1933 A H McMurdo MBE MInst CE
1932 A H Roberts OBE FRSE MInstCE
1930 D McLellan MInstCE FRSE
1929  W C Easton BSc MInstCE
1927 W A Fraser MInstCE
1925 A Hunter MInstCE
1923 J Cowan MInstCE
1922 Sir H Reid Bt CBE LLD MInstCE
1920 J A Warren MInstCE
1913 W A Paterson MInstCE
1911 D H Morton MInstCE
1909 R Robertson MInstCE
1907 W M Alston MInstCE
1905 D A Matheson NInstCE MAmSocCE
1903 J E Harrison MInstCE
1901 C C Lindsay MInstCE
1899 Prof A Barr DSc MInstCE
1897 A B MacDonald MInstCE
1895 W Crouch MInstCE
1894 D Drummond MInstCE
1893 G Graham MInstCE
1891 W R Copland MInstCE
1890 C P Hogg MInstCE
1889 R Dundas MInstCE
1888 J M Gale MInstCE
1885 A Wilson StudInstCE
1884 J A Warren StudInstCE