Occupation Engineer Died November 14, 2014 | Name Stephen Bragg Spouse(s) Maureen Roberts | |
Education University of Cambridge | ||
Stephen Lawrence Bragg was Vice Chancellor of Brunel University from 1971-81. He was the son of William Lawrence Bragg and grandson of William Henry Bragg.
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Education and career
He studied engineering at the University of Cambridge, BA 1945, MA 1949 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SM 1949. He worked for Rolls-Royce between 1951 and 1971, helping develop the Blue Streak missile, and rose to the position of chief scientist, responsible for liaison with universities.
Bragg encouraged interactions between academia and industry, and spent five years on the University Grants Committee. In 1971 he left Rolls-Royce, three days before it was declared insolvent, and became Vice Chancellor of Brunel. In 1981 he returned to Cambridge as director of the Industrial Cooperation Unit and Fellow of Wolfson College.
Personal life
In 1951 he married Maureen Ann (née Roberts) and they had three sons.