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In 1876, a motion was passed calling for consideration to be given to the appointment of a general secretary.
The matter was discussed for a number of years but it was not until 1886 that a full-time official was appointed (Alexander Mackay, headmaster of Torryburn School) and, in 1910, Samuel Murray was appointed as the first general secretary.
1910 – 1915 Samual Murray
1915 – 1922 Hugh Cameron
1922 – 1926 George Cossar Pringle
1926 – 1941 Thomas Henderson
1941 – 1945 John Wishart
1945 – 1952 Alexander Belford
1952 – 1960 William Campbell
1961 – 1974 Gilbert Bryden
1974 – 1988 John Pollock
1988 – 1995 James Martin
1995 – 2012 Ronald Smith
2012 – 2022 Larry Flanagan
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Research, interviews and substantive writing:
Adi Bloom
Design and lay-out:
Stuart Cunningham and Paul Benzie
Additional writing and research:
EIS Comms Team and assorted staff members
Printed by:
Ivanhoe Caledonian, Seafield Edinburgh
Photography:
Graham Edwards, Mark Jackson, Elaine Livingston, Toby Long, Ian Marshall, Alan McCredie, Alan Richardson, Graham Riddell, Lenny Smith, Johnstone Syer, Alan Wylie
Thanks to the many former activists and officers who gave of their time to be interviewed and taken a stroll down memory lane. And of course a very special thanks to the EIS members who created this history through their activism and commitment to the cause of Scottish Education.
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