John Ingram (engineer)

Sir John Henderson Ingram CBE (3 September 1924 – 1 April 2015) was a New Zealand engineer and businessman.

Biography

Ingram was born in 1924 and was educated at Nelson College from 1935 to 1942[1] and Canterbury University College, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering in 1950.[2] His career included a period as chief executive of New Zealand Steel. He also served as a member of the University of Auckland Council and the Waitangi Tribunal.[1]

In the 1984 New Year Honours, Ingram was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to manufacturing and the engineering profession,[3] and in the 1994 New Year Honours he was made a Knight Bachelor for services to engineering and business management.[4]

Ingram was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand in 1997.[5] He was also a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.[1]

He died in Auckland on 1 April 2015.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition (CD-ROM).
  2. ↑ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: I–K". Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49584. p. 33. 30 December 1983. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 53528. p. 33. 30 December 1993. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "1997 IPENZ Conference — Awards and events". New Zealand Engineering 52. March 1997. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "John Ingram obituary". New Zealand Herald. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.