Dr. A. P. Rowe

From 23rd to 25th May 1965, Open Days were held and on 25th September 1964, a further new building was opened by Dr A P Rowe, the former Chief Superintendent of TRE who had by then returned in retirement to Malvern.This building R was occupied by the Airborne Radar Group and commanded an excellent view across the Vale of Evesham, enabling equipment trials against aircraft in flight to be con-ducted from the laboratories.

In 1967, the Ministry of Aviation, under which responsibility for RRE now lay, was joined by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research to form the new Ministry of Technology and, as referred to later, a considerable effort was made by RRE, together with the other research establishments, to liaise more closely with Industry.

With Dr Macfarlane's promotion to Headquarters, in 1967 the Directorship of RRE passed to Dr E V D Glazier which post he held until his untimely death in 1972 when he was succeeded by R J Lees.

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i. In 1946, Rowe went to Australia and played a considerable part in the setting up of the Long Range Weapons Establishment at Woomera.Subsequently he became Scientific Adviser to the Australian Government and in 1950 was appointed Vice Chancellor of Adelaide University from which post he retired in 1960 and returned to live almost all of his remaining years in Malvern.He undertook some part time teaching duties at Malvern College for a few years and died in Malvern in 1976.

ii. W J Richards left RRE to organise and later to direct a post-graduate training establishment in the field of technical education.On retiring from that post he returned to Malvern where he served voluntarily on a number of educational committees until his death in 1976.

iii. Dr W H Penley had joined TRE at Dundee, working during the war in the field of Ground Radar.After the war he became Head of the Guided Weapons Group until his appointment as Acting Director in 1961.From 1962 to 1967 he held posts as Director General, Electronics Research and Development and Deputy Controller, Electronics in Headquarters and then became Director of the Royal Armaments Research and Development Establishment at Fort Halstead, near Sevenoaks.In 1970 he was appointed Chief Scientist (Army) and from 1971 combined this with Deputy Controller (Research and Development Establishments and Research).He became Controller in 1975 and retired in 1977.