At 94, Ottawa engineer leaves behind second career — helping immobilized hospital patients

At 94, William “Bill” F. Dawson has retired. Again.
The first time was about seven years ago. Dawson graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1945. For the next 66 years, he worked in the construction and computer industries. His passion was low-cost housing. He built companies, made and lost fortunes (more about that later), and retired, reluctantly, at 87, the same year he gave up downhill skiing.
“My grandchildren said I didn’t know how to ski slowly,” he says.
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