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Hugh John Tennent, age 69, a retired Senior Civil Engineer with the World Bank in Washington, died of cancer on Nov. 26 at Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal.
Mr. Tennent was bom in London, England, but spent much of his early life in Cornwall. He graduated from London University with a degree in engineering. In World War II he served as a major in the British Royal Engineers in Africa and saw action in the battles of El Alamein, Tobruk and Sicily. Mr. Tennent joined the British Colonial Service in 1946 and was assigned to what was then British Guiana as the District Engineer until 1950. He continued as an engineer with the Service in Malaysia until 1957.
During the ensuing years he was involved with major engineering projects in Pakistan, Nigeria, England and Canada, including a period as the elected Commissioner of the British Columbia Hydro Commission in Victoria, Canada.
In 1965 Mr. Tennent served in an advisory capacity to UNESCO and prepared an education and building program for fine instruments in South Korea. In 1968 Mr. Tennent joined the World Bank’s South East Asia Division, working on projects in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, until his retirement in 1981.
Mr. Tennent is survived by his wife, Edith Garrett Tennent of Washington, Virginia. Also surviving are his former wife, Shiela Tennent of Ottawa, Ontario; three daughters, Deanna Masterson of Manassas, Caroline Tennent of Peterboroughm Ontario, and Gail Machin of Ottawa; two stepdaughters, Victoria Garrett Hill of Columbia, Md., and Margaret Garrett of Silver Spring, Md.; four stepsons, Jona
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