to Frank Herbert's Dragon in the Sea science fiction novel which featured this kind of tanker.) Hawthorne was active on many committees and advisory bodies concerned with energy matters, in particular the Advisory Council on Energy Conservation, of which he was chairman from its inception in 1974. Hawthorne was elected to the fellowship of the Royal Society in 1955, and was knighted in 1970. He became Head of the Department of Engineering in Cambridge in 1968 and was appointed Master of Churchill College, Cambridge in the same year (1968–1983). President of the Pentacle Club from 1970–1990, Hawthorne was well known for performing magic, and is remembered to this day by the kitchen staff at Churchill College as 'the man who made cheese rolls come out from behind his ears'. Notes External links The Papers of Sir William Hawthorne held at Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College 1913 births 2011 deaths Scientists from Newcastle upon Tyne People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English aerospace engineers Fellows of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society Knights Bachelor Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni MIT School of Engineering faculty Masters of Churchill College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Royal Medal winners Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Engineering professors at the University of Cambridge