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Jack Ridley (engineer)
John Wallace "Jack" Ridley (29 April 1919 – 23 August 2006) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for in the North Island, a Rhodes Scholar and a civil engineer. He was awarded the QSO and the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for services to New Zealand. He was notable for his contributions to hydro engineering.
==Early years==
Ridley was born in Invercargill, New Zealand in 1919. He attended Timaru Boys' High School and then studied engineering at Canterbury University in Christchurch. After the Second World War (in which he served as an engineering officer) he spent two years, 1946–1947, as a Rhodes Scholar at University College, Oxford University, graduating with an MA (Honours) in engineering science. He married Avis (née Reed) in 1949.
Ridley was a civil engineer of dams for power schemes like Benmore Dam in the South Island and Wairakei in the North Island. For his contributions, he was awarded with the Fulton Gold Medal, at the time the highest award of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers.〔
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