Roger Le Geyt Hetherington (1908–1990) was a British
civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...
.
Hetherington was born in
London
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on 20 December 1908, the eldest son of
Sir Roger Gaskell Hetherington and his wife Honoria Ford.
[.] In 1921 Hetherington entered
Highgate School
Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is an English co-educational, fee-charging, independent day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England. It educates over 1,400 pupils in three sections – Highgate ...
. Hetherington held a
Master of Arts
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...
degree and was commissioned as a
Lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often sub ...
in the
Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...
on 22 July 1940. 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
The Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers was founded in England in 1771. It was the first engineering society to be formed anywhere in the world, and remains the oldest. It was originally known as the Society of Civil Engineers, being renamed fo ...
in 1960 and later became a member emeritus.
[.][.] He was asked to become the president of the Society in 1979 but declined on the grounds of poor health.
[.] Hetherington served as president of the
Institution of Civil Engineers
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, whi ...
from November 1972 to November 1973.
[.] and was appointed CBE in the
1974 Birthday Honours
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. He married Katharine Elise Dawson in 1945 and had a single daughter.
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External links
Roger Hetherington at Rootsweb
British civil engineers
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers
People educated at Highgate School
1908 births
1990 deaths
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