Hartley was awarded the United States Medal of Freedom in 1946 . He retired from Anglo-Iranian ( which would become British Petroleum in 1954 ) in 1951 and became an engineering consultant during which time he developed the Hartley hoister – a device which allowed the loading of oil tankers offshore . He was elected president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1951 and was an honorary fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute . He was also made an honorary fellow of Imperial College London in 1953 . In 1959 he received the Redwood Medal of the Institute of Petroleum . He was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1959 . However he died just three months into his term at St Thomas 's Hospital , London on 28 January 1960
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
Arthur Hartley