Hawker reunion

Oil company staff say thank you

by N. Homayoon
06-Dec-2007
 
In 1969 C.L. Hawker returned to Tehran and Abadan to meet former students and all those he influenced by the promotion of education and sports during his post as the head of education programs at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. His return to Iran was made possible by the efforts of Manoochehr Javid as a public relations executrive for the National Iranian Oil Company in Abadan. Hawker is sitting in the middle on the fourth row from bottom.
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100 meter dash

by Hamshahri (not verified) on Thu Dec 06, 2007 03:47 PM PST

There is a true story recounted by Mr. Manoochehri and it goes something like this:

“Mr Hawker was the head of physcal education at the Abadan technical school. One day during a track meet at the start of the 100 meter dash he announced something like the following:

“Since unfortunately I’ve misplaced the starting gun, when I say the word 'go' I want you all to start running."

At this point one of the students (Mr. Mirazimi) said aloud in his Esfahani accent: “Aghaay-e Hawker migooyand vaghti kalameyeh ‘goh’ az halgham biroon aamdad shomaa hamegi bedaveed.”

Hawker who spoke fluent Farsi was not amused.

(One of B’s uncles is also in one of the pictures)


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