MEMOIRS: COLONEL JOHN HENNESSY OBE

摘要

John Hennessy was born in Cardiff and was educated at Downside and Oxford University, where he studied Engineering Sciences. He was then called up for his National Service, which he spent in the Royal Engineers. He joined Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, (Gibb), a firm of Civil Engineering Consultants, in 1959 and worked for them on a large variety of projects mainly related to water and hydro-power until he retired in 1997. John spent two postings in Iran, initially working for the Tehran Regional Water Board on the supervision of the construction of the Latyan dam and then the associated water treatment works and subsequently as the firm's Chief Representative. He returned to England and was promoted to the Partnership in 1975, which was then located in Reading. John also took on the role of Honorary President of the International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), which he served between 1990 and 1993.