Monty Finniston
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Sir Harold Montague (Monty) Finniston (1912-1991) was a British industrialist born in Glasgow, Scotland. He became chairman of British Steel in 1973, and was knighted in the same year.
He was Vice-President of the Royal Society, 1971-2.
In 1977 the government, in response to complaints from industry about a shortage of qualified engineers, invited Finniston to set up a committee of enquiry into British engineering. In 1979 the committee delivered the "Finniston Report", which addressed the concerns that engineering was of relatively low status in the UK. One of the main recommendations was that universities should offer engineering degrees (BEng and MEng) rather than just science degrees (BSc). This report also led to the establishment of the Engineering Council in 1982, and WISE (Women into Science and Engineering) in 1984.
In 1981 he founded the Prison Reform Trust (PRT).
Later he became Chancellor of Stirling University.
