Thomas Laurie

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Thomas Laurie OBE FRICS is a former Chairman of the Traverse Theatre; Chairman of WASPS Trust (Workshop and Artists' Studio Provision Scotland) and Trustee, Scottish Civic Trust.

Died 23 December 2020

Early life, education and career[]

Thomas Laurie was born at Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 11 November 1938. He secured a place at the celebrated Hamilton Academy school (featured in the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine article series on Famous Scottish Schools, February 1950^[1]), thereafter studying at the Glasgow Technical College (becoming the University of Strathclyde in 1964.)

Qualifying as a chartered surveyor Laurie became a partner in the firm of Robert H. Soper & Co. of Cumbernauld before setting up his own firm, Thomas Laurie Associates of Cumbernauld and Glasgow, in 1977. From 2000–09, Laurie was Senior Partner in the Keillor Laurie Martin Partnership.^[2]

Appointments, the theatre and the arts[]

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

In 1961 Thomas Laurie became a founder member of the Cumbernauld Theatre Group and from 1964–72 served as a board member, the Cottage Theatre, Cumbernauld. A board member and former Chairman of the Traverse Theatre (1972–76), Laurie is also a past Chairman and Trustee of WASPS Trust (Workshop and Artists' Studio Provision Scotland) and a former member of the Drama Panel, Scottish Arts Council (1973–82) and of the Scottish Arts Council (1976–82.) He is also a former Trustee of the Scottish Civic Trust and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.^[2][3]

Thomas Laurie has been awarded the OBE.^{[citation needed]}

External links[]

• Scottish Arts Council
• Scottish Civic Trust
• WASPS Trust (Workshop and Artists' Studio Provision Scotland)

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