Roger Hetherington

Roger Le Geyt Hetherington (1908–1990) was a British civil engineer.

For the civil engineer (1876-1952), see Roger Gaskell Hetherington.

Roger Hetherington
Born1908
London
Died1990
NationalityBritish
EducationHighgate School
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineCivil,
InstitutionsInstitution of Civil Engineers (President), Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers (member emeritus)

Hetherington was born in London on 20 December 1908, the eldest son of Sir Roger Gaskell Hetherington and his wife Honoria Ford.[1][2] In 1921 Hetherington entered Highgate School.[3] Hetherington held a Master of Arts degree and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 22 July 1940.[4] His professional career as a consulting civil engineer was with Binnie and Partners. He was elected a first class member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers in 1960 and later became a member emeritus.[5][6] He was asked to become the president of the Society in 1979 but declined on the grounds of poor health.[7] Hetherington served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1972 to November 1973.[8][9] He married Katharine Elise Dawson in 1945 and had a single daughter.

References
  1. Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009, retrieved 3 November 2008
  2. Watson 1989, pp. 173.
  3. Thomson, W. Sinclair (ed) (1927). Highgate School Roll 1833-1922 (3rd ed.). p. 289.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. "No. 34926". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 August 1940. p. 5080.
  5. Watson 1988, p. 140.
  6. Watson 1988, p. 173.
  7. Watson 1988, p. 148.
  8. Watson 1988, p. 254.
  9. "Past Presidents of the ICE". Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

Bibliography
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by
George Ambler Wilson		 President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
November 1972 – November 1973		 Succeeded by
Kirby Laing



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