William Ramsay studied music composition with Sotireos Vlahopolous at the Washington Conservatory (DC), and his compositions include the Symphonic Prelude, Glory Road, performed by the Santa Barbara Symphony, a Violin & Piano Suite, The Hawk, a Flute Sonata, a Piano Quartet, and numerous songs, including a setting of Spring Dawn, based on a text by the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Hao-Jan. Dr. Ramsay holds a PhD in Physics from UCLA, has worked as an environmental economist at the Nuclear Regulatory Commision, and has published books and papers in physics and on energy and environmental issues. He has also written novels and a number of plays, published short fiction, and edited the literary journal Fiction-Online.