page_title: George Matthew McNaughton
section_title: Other work
hierarchical_section_title: George Matthew McNaughton / Other work
caption_attribution_description: English: Section of the first of a pair of plaques listing past presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers. The names shown cover 1955-1965. Taken at a Wikipedia editathon at the Institution of Civil Engineers, at their headquarters, One Great George Street, London.
context_page_description: Sir George Matthew McNaughton CB was a British civil engineer who specialised in hydraulic engineering. McNaughton was born in Dundee and received a degree in engineering from the University of St Andrews. He interrupted his studies to become an officer in the British Army during the First World War before he was forced to retire due to ill health. After the war he completed his degree and joined an engineering firm where his work included the Silent Valley Reservoir in Northern Ireland. In 1929 he entered government service at the Ministry of Health and eventually became the ministry's Chief Engineer. His work was recognised by an appointment as a Companion of the Order of the Bath and a knighthood. He retired in 1960 and served as President of the Institution of Civil Engineers for 1961-2.
context_section_description: McNaughton was associated closely with the Water Research Association from the start of its life, serving as a council member and their chairman, and helped to establish their research station at Medmenham. As a result of this McNaughton was elected an honorary member of British Waterworks Association in 1960. He retired from government service in 1960 to work as a director of the South-West Suburban Water Company, Chairman of the East Surrey Water Company and a consultant for WV Vinn & Associates. McNaughton had been elected Vice President of the ICE in 1956 and sat on several of their committees, being particularly keen to improve the status of engineers in society. He served as President of the institution for the November 1961 to November 1962 session. McNaughton was recognised world-wide for his specialism in water and in 1962 presented a paper to the UN's World Health Organization on the financial and economic aspects of water pollution prevention. He died on 31 August 1966. The National Portrait Gallery in London holds two portraits of McNaughton in their archives.
  There is a record of his burial in Tealing Cemetery, Angus, Scotland.
caption: McNaughton's name on the list of Institution of Civil Engineers presidents, at their One Great George Street headquarters
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