From June 1944 he worked on the short range VHF radio system for Talk Between Ships (TBS). On the day before D-Day, he had worked on HMS Bulolo, which had directed the landings off Gold Beach.
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He worked for forty years at Ferranti Scotland in Edinburgh, half of those years as general manager[3] from 1968; the company had 8,000 employees. He joined Ferranti in 1947. The company had established itself in Edinburgh during World War II to make gyroscopic gunsights (gyro gunsights).
He was made an FIEE in 1969 and an FEng in 1982. In 1985 he won the British Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society.[4] He became a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1986.
He retired as general manager in 1985, then as Chairman in 1987; six years later Ferranti went bankrupt. Some people believe that had he still been at the company, that bankruptcy may not have happened.
He married Barbara Black in 1949, and they had a daughter in 1950, who died in 2007; his first wife died in 1971. He married again in 1974, and his second wife died in 1997. He married in 2007.
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Preceded by
Chairman of Ferranti Defence Systems 1984 - 1987
Succeeded by
Phil Atterton
January 01, 1970
donald, mccallum, engineer, donald, murdo, mccallum, fraes, freng, frse, fiet, august, 1922, october, 2011, scottish, radar, engineer, important, industrialist, contents, early, life, second, world, career, ferranti, education, personal, life, also, references. Sir Donald Murdo McCallum CBE FRAeS FREng FRSE FIET 6 August 1922 18 October 2011 1 was a Scottish radar engineer and an important industrialist Contents 1 Early life 1 1 Second World War 2 Career 2 1 Ferranti 2 2 Education 3 Personal life 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editDon McCallum was born in Edinburgh His father Roderick McCallum was a headmaster who married Lillian McPhee He attended George Watson s Boys College He gained a BSc 1st in Electrical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh in 1942 2 Second World War edit He worked for the Navy on homing beacons on the Implacable class aircraft carriers HMS Indefatigable R10 and HMS Implacable R86 From 1942 46 he worked for the Admiralty Signal Establishment later known as the Admiralty Research Establishment From June 1944 he worked on the short range VHF radio system for Talk Between Ships TBS On the day before D Day he had worked on HMS Bulolo which had directed the landings off Gold Beach Career editFerranti edit He worked for forty years at Ferranti Scotland in Edinburgh half of those years as general manager 3 from 1968 the company had 8 000 employees He joined Ferranti in 1947 The company had established itself in Edinburgh during World War II to make gyroscopic gunsights gyro gunsights Projects he oversaw included the Ferranti Laser Target Marker LTM or FLTM and the Seaspray radar and airborne interception radars He was made an FIEE in 1969 and an FEng in 1982 In 1985 he won the British Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society 4 He became a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1986 He retired as general manager in 1985 then as Chairman in 1987 six years later Ferranti went bankrupt Some people believe that had he still been at the company that bankruptcy may not have happened Education edit In the early 1990s he was President of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry He was Chairman of the Scottish Committee of the Universities Funding Council now the Scottish Funding Council He also served on the Scottish Tertiary Education Advisory Council Personal life editHe married Barbara Black in 1949 and they had a daughter in 1950 who died in 2007 his first wife died in 1971 He married again in 1974 and his second wife died in 1997 He married in 2007 He received a CBE in the 1976 Birthday Honours and a knighthood in the 1988 New Year Honours He lived in his later life from 2007 at Egton with Newland near Ulverston in South Lakeland He died aged 89 in Cumbria He was buried on Wednesday 26 October 2011 in Edinburgh He had grandchildren and great grandchildren See also editPeter Hearne General Manager of GEC Avionics in KentReferences edit Companies House Page 143 Flightglobal June 1981 British Gold Medal PDF Archived from the original PDF on 3 April 2016 Retrieved 2 March 2017 External links editIndependent obituary Business positions Preceded by Chairman of Ferranti Defence Systems1984 1987 Succeeded byPhil Atterton Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Donald McCallum engineer amp oldid 1205139741, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
