Pat Quinn was born and grew up in Dublin. He qualified as an Engineer at the College of Technology, Bolton Street and in 1956 emigrated to Canada where he was a founding partner of Quinn Dressel Associates. His firm became one of Canada’s foremost structural engineering firms responsible for many landmark buildings throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia including Calgary City Hall, the Elf Aquitaine Tower in Paris and Shanghai Stock Exchange. Pat has been President (twice) of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the.
