Roger William Hercules Hawken (12 May 1878 18 October 1947), an Australian engineer, was the first lecturer in Civil Engineering, and then a professor, at the University of Queensland.Hawken was born at Darlington, New South Wales, the son of Nicholas Hawken, and was educated at Newington College (1893 1896) and the University of Sydney (B.C.E., 1900; B.A., 1902).He died on 18 October 1947 and was cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium. He was survived by his wife and children.Professor Hawken was involved in the founding of IEAust in 1919 and was its president in 1923 and a councillor till his death. At his suggestion in 1928, Queensland became the first state to legislate for compulsory registration of consulting engineers.