(6a) Francis Gregway Shinskey: 2019 and Beyond

The purpose of this paper is honour F. G. Shinskey, arguably the greatest contributor to Process Control for the Chemical Processing Industries and, in the process, to inspire the new upcoming generations of process control practitioners to keep his teachings close to their hearts. The paper will present several aspects of Shinskey’s life, such as: His most important contributions, His awards, His family farm enterprise, His outspokenness with respect to the academic-industry gap, His musical skills and his paintings, and to narrate where his work and teaching brought him to; amongst other fascinating facts from his life that he was willing to share with this author.