David Randall Pye

Sir David Randall Pye CB FRS (29 April 1886 – 20 February 1960) was a British mechanical engineer and academic administrator.
David Pye was born in Hampstead, London, England, and educated at Tonbridge School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Pye was appointed CB in the 1937 Coronation Honours. He was appointed provost of University College, London in 1942, and made a Knight Bachelor in 1952. In the 1955 film The Dam Busters, Pye was played by Stanley van Beers. David Pye was the father of William Pye, a noted sculptor.