Charlie Donaldson the Dundee shipyard engineer who became a teacher, lecturer and ultimately college governor has died at the age of 84.
Educated at Glebelands and Stobswell schools, Mr Donaldson began his career in the Caledon Shipyard as an office boy.
He then undertook an engineering apprenticeship, before becoming a draughtsman and rising to the position of chief estimator.
At the same time, he started a distance learning course with the National Council of Harbour Colleges and Ruskin College, Oxford, along with evening classes at Dundee College of Technology, and gained a large number of professional and educational qualifications.
The crowning glory of his engineering career was the opportunity to serve as president of the Dundee Institute of Engineers.
He wrote numerous articles for professional magazines and also published the first book on “Nuclear Propulsion for Merchant Ships” in 1962.
In 1963, Mr Donaldson followed his love of learning and became a teacher. He taught at Linlathen School until 1970 when he began lecturing in business studies at Dundee College of Commerce until he retired in 1991.
He was a governor of Dundee College of Technology and the Dundee Institute of Art and Technology.
In his retirement, Mr Donaldson found a new lease of life and was well known as a speaker on a local lecture circuit.
He is survived by his wife Sheenagh, a former Dundee solicitor, daughter Cherie, now a minister’s wife in Clackmannan, son Charles in Australia, and two grandchildren.