Herbert Leslie Haslegrave (1902–1999) was a British engineering academic who developed Loughborough Technical College into

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, and was its first Vice-Chancellor.

Education

Haslegrave was born in Yorkshire in 1902 and went to

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whilst working as an engineering apprentice with the

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, and gained an

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of the

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with first class honours.175 Heroes of Bradford College
Herbert Haslegrave He then obtained a Whitworth Senior Scholarship which enabled him to go to

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where he gained first class honours in the Mechanical Sciences

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and several awards.

Career

After a short period in industry he became a college lecturer, joining Wolverhampton & Staffordshire Technical College in 1931, then Bradford Technical College in 1932 and Loughborough College in 1935. He then held a series of posts as principal of colleges, respectively of St Helen’s Technical College, Barnsley Technical College and Leicester College of Technology. In 1953 he became Principal of Loughborough College and developed it into a College of Advanced Technology in 1957 and to the UK’s first Technical University, Loughborough University of Technology in 1966. He was its first Vice-Chancellor until his retirement in 1966. In 1972, Haslegrave was President of the Whitworth Society. He died in September 1999.

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