Holmes, Alan

Alan Holmes was born in 1930 in Paris, where he subsequently lived for ten years. Educated in France, England, and Canada, he eventually attended Yale University, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering. At Yale, he also placed much emphasis on writing.

During the Korean War, he served in the US Army and became a US citizen. His remarkable career includes working as a missile test engineer for the US Army, field superintendent on a large construction site, senior structural engineer at a major architectural firm, and staff scientist at an aerospace company.