William Grimson received his B.A. and B.A.I. from Trinity College Dublin and his M.Sc. from the University of Toronto. He is a Charted Engineer and a Fellow of Engineers Ireland of which he has been President. Now retired. He worked as a Research and development engineer for Ferranti Ltd before joining the academic staff of the Dublin Institute of Technology. His academic output was and remains eclectic, ranging from publications in areas as diverse as plasma physics, clinical information systems, philosophy of engineering, and development issues.
