Donald Reeve
Donald Reeve | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10th August 1923 |
| Died | 28th June 1994 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Ada Reeve (nee Bridge, born 1922) |
| Children | Ian (born 1951) |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil |
| Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers (president) |
Donald Arthur David Reeve CBE (1923–1994) was a British civil engineer.
Reeve was born in 1923 in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire.[1][2] Reeve was stationed in Germany by the end of World War 2, and returned just in time to marry Margaret Ada Bridge on 25th March 1947. The couple were blessed with one child, Ian, who arrived in 1951. Reeve became Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive of the Severn Trent Water Authority by 1985 when he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours.[3] Reeve was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the November 1985 to November 1986 session.[4] On 22 May 1986, he officially named a British Rail Class 47 locomotive (no. 47366) as The Institution of Civil Engineers at Liverpool Lime Street railway station.[5] Locomotive 47366 was scrapped in 1999 but the name had been officially transferred to locomotive number 47969, another British Rail Class 47, on 2 September 1991.[6][7] This unit (renumbered 47540) was withdrawn from service in 2003 and is currently located at the Wensleydale Railway, a heritage railway line.[7] Reeve died on 28th June 1994 in the West Midlands, following a short battle with cancer. A memorial was held for him in London, November 1994.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Johnson Family Tree". Ancestry.com.
- ^ Watson, Garth (1989). The Smeatonians: the Society of Civil Engineers. London: Thomas Telford Ltd. p. 175. ISBN 9780727715265.
- ^ "No. 50154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1985. p. 8.
- ^ Watson 1988, p. 254.
- ^ "Number 47366". The 47's. Retrieved 4 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "47366". BRDatabase. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Number 47975". The 47's. Retrieved 4 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
Bibliography[edit]
- Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, Thomas Telford Ltd, ISBN 0-7277-0392-7
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