Roger Hetherington

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

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

Roger Hetherington
Born	1908 London
Died	1990
Nationality	British
Education	Highgate School
Engineering career
Discipline	Civil,
Institutions	Institution 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] and was appointed CBE in the 1974 Birthday Honours. He married Katharine Elise Dawson in 1945 and had a single daughter.