Title
Oral history interviews with Don Hunter
Reference
UK0108 IET/SPE/11/01/1/1
Date
2020
Creator
Scope and Content
Oral history interviews with Mr Don Hunter, former member of IEE staff. Recordings made on 10 February 2020 and 19 August 2020 with his daughter Billie Hunter as interviewer. Audio files stored on Z drive and available on IET Archives website. Consent form stored on Z drive.
Exent
2 audio recordings
Admin. history/Biography
Arthur Donald (Don) Hunter was born 25 November 1926 in Ascot, United Kingdom. He was brought up in a small terraced house in Uxbridge, Middlesex, with his mother, father and sister. At age 16 he left his school, Bishopshalt School, Hillingdon, to join the IEE on a school leaver recruitment programme. In August 1943 he commenced his employment as a Trainee Junior Clerk. This involved rotating through the departments to find out where he was best suited and this resulted in a position in the Subscriptions Department of the Finance Office. In 1956 Don enrolled on a part-time evening course at the London School of Economics where he graduated with a BSc Econ in 1961. In 1958 Don was appointed Assistant Accountant and by 1962 was promoted to Chief Accountant. In the early 1960s Don was the IEE Finance Director. During this time Don remembers that the IEE went through considerable changes with activities focused on increasing income and the membership growing rapidly. Don oversaw the computerisation of the IEE with new machines installed in the basement at Savoy Place, London. He also contributed to the development of INSPEC. During the 1970s Don led the move from the Finance Department from Savoy Place to Hitchin.
Don retired in 1988.
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Conditions governing access
Subject to 30 year closure period. Personal or sensitive records will be closed for longer periods. Please refer to Archivist.
Level of description
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