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Hawken, Roger William Hercules (1878 - 1947)

Civil engineer

Born: 12 May 1878 Darlington, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 18 October 1947 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Roger William H. Hawken served as a civil engineer in New South Wales, Malay and Queensland. Throughout his career, he also lectured at the Ballarat School of Mines, the University of Sydney and the University of Queensland. Hawken was co-founder of the Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919), its inaugural President and instigator of the compulsory registration of consulting engineers. He worked on the initial design of the Sydney harbour bridge (which was later aborted) and researched widely in the areas of hydrology, earth pressure, and column design.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1900 Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE) completed at the University of Sydney
c. 1900 Engineer at Tamworth-Manilla railway, New South Wales
1901 - 1903 Engineer on the Sydney Harbour Bridge project
1902 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Sydney
1905 - 1909 Director of Public Works for the Federated Malay States
1909 - c. 1911 Engineer for the Shire of Ashford (NSW) then Yelleroi (Qld)
1912 - Inaugural Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland
1916 - 1919 de facto Professor of Engineering at the University of Queensland
1918 Master of Civil Engineering (MCE) completed at Unviersity of Sydney
1919 - de jure Professor of Engineering at the University of Queensland
1919 President of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
1919 Co-founder of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
1923 - Councillor of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
1931 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal received from the Institution of Engineers, Australia

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 31 July 2006

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