Dr Edward Walsh

Founding president of the University of Limerick, founding chairman of the Irish Council for Science Technology and Innovation, the National Technological Park, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, and the National Self–Portrait Collection of Ireland. Dr Walsh has also served as chairman of the Conference of Heads of Irish Universities and of Shannon Development. He has served as a member of the New York Academy of Science and as a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Dr Walsh holds masters and doctorate qualifications in nuclear and electrical engineering from Iowa State University, where he was an associate of the US Atomic Energy Commission Laboratory.