Mr. Noel E. Peck, who died in October, 1937, had been a vice-president of the Institution since 1922. He was a distinguished figure in the shipbuilding industry on the Clyde and elsewhere, and during the war was a director of shipbuilding in the national shipyards.

In 1921 he placed his large administra- tive experience at the service of the Institution in carrying out a survey of its organization, and while making some suggestions and criticisms, he found that " the Institution is well and ably conducted. It is probable that no organization of a comparable kind could better stand criticism.".