Stevens Dimant was a neurosurgeon in Washington, USA. He was born on 2 January 1919 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England the son of Cyril Ivan Dimant, an architect who had served as a captain in the 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion during the First World War and had been awarded a Military Cross, and Violet Alice Dimant née Stevens. Dimant spent his childhood in Melbourne, Australia and attended Melbourne Grammar School. He went to Cambridge, England, for his premedical school studies and then returned to Australia, gaining his medical degree from Melbourne University Medical School in 1943. From 1944 to 1946 he served in the South Pacific as a medical officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. He trained in surgery, orthopaedics and neurology in England, and started his neurosurgical training in Oxford. He then spent five years in the department of neurosurgery in Manchester. He immigrated to the USA and practised neurosurgery in the Seattle-Tacoma area of Washington state from 1957 to 1985. In the early days he covered much of the Pacific Northwest as the primary responder to neurosurgical emergencies and trauma as well as carrying out elective surgery. He introduced several new neurosurgical concepts and procedures to the area. He enjoyed teaching students, both locally and further afield, including in Zimbabwe, Indonesia and China. After he retired from surgery, he developed Tacoma Panel Examiners, in conjunction with the Department of Labor and Industries, to evaluate workmen’s compensation. He enjoyed sailing in the waters of Puget Sound, British Columbia and the Mediterranean and spending time with his family. Vacations included boating and water skiing in the summers and snow skiing in the winters. He loved storytelling and book reading. Stevens Dimant died on 13 May 2005 at the age of 88. He was survived by his wife of almost 56 years, Sheila (née Carmer-Roberts), whom he had met in Oxford, their three children, John, Sally and Martin, and five grandchildren.