Overview

Isaac Gregg Doran was born in 1923 and educated at Methodist College, Belfast. In 1941 he was awarded University Scholarships by Queen’s University and Belfast Corporation and entered QUB to study Civil Engineering. He received a 1st class honours BSc degree in 1944 and his MSc in 1945. He was awarded the Millar Prize by the Institute of Civil Engineers and completed a PhD on The Settlement of Foundations. Prof Doran founded his consulting practice in 1953, which became a partnership in 1972. He was Senior Partner until his retirement in 1992.

In 1981 he was awarded an OBE for services to the construction industry and he was made Honorary Professor in the School of the Built Environment at QUB in 1991. Prof Doran continued to contribute significantly to research and teaching in Geotechnics until his death in 2006.  The scholarship was set up in 2007 by his widow, Mrs Ainslie Doran, to commemorate his memory.