Comments for Professor David Barron

Comment on Remembering David by Nick Barron

Nick Barron — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:01:26 +0000

Thanks Gohar, good to hear from you.

Comment on Generations – A tribute to Prof DW Barron by Margaret Talbot

Margaret Talbot — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:55:10 +0000

Prof Barron lectured as part of the Computer Science Masters Degree course that I took in the early 1970s. It is because of his ability to make clear the most obscure elements of computer design that I enjoyed the course so much and have never forgotten him. I mentioned him to a colleague today and was moved to “google” him only to find out that sadly he had passed away so recently.

Comment on Funeral Address from Hugh Glaser by Christopher Gutteridge

Christopher Gutteridge — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:31:11 +0000

Note from the blog editor; after adding this post I’ve had to disable the :-) to smiley icon feature in wordpress, so you get to see David’s emoticons in their classic ASCII.

Comment on Remembering David by Gohar Yusuf

Gohar Yusuf — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:05:16 +0000

I went to school with Prof. Barron’s son Nick and visited the lab a few times. As a lad of 11, I remember being awe stuck that someone so obviously “clever and important” was so approachable, genial, self effacing and utterly mad about cats! Fondly remembered.

My sincere condolences.

Comment on Photograph by Tim Chown

Tim Chown — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:52:35 +0000

dwb, Dave DeRoure, ?, Marie Turner (CSD sec), Hugo Jankowitz. I recall Hugo, who did a PhD in software plagiarism, and who lived in the “period” part of South Stoneham, dressed not too different to that all the time!

Comment on A Collection of Group Photos by Christopher Gutteridge

Christopher Gutteridge — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:03:59 +0000

Please leave a comment if you can help caption any of these pictures, or can just tell us a bit about them.

Comment on Remembering David by Ken Thomas

Ken Thomas — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:25:43 +0000

I can certainly assist with the dress code, I too have a large collection of ties including some tasteful ones!

Comment on Remembering David by Judith Bishop

Judith Bishop — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:23:36 +0000

This is so David! Thanks for reminding us of one his endearing features, Nick.

Comment on Remembering David by Nick Barron

Nick Barron — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:02:42 +0000

In memory of my father’s somewhat eccentric collection of ties, we are requesting that colourful or cartoon ties be worn for his funeral.

Comment on Generations – A tribute to Prof DW Barron by Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:38:53 +0000

I remember David with great fondness. He was the eminence grise of Computing Services when I took over the job of Chair of the Computing Services Committee, as it then was, back in 1989. David had run the Computing Services himself for several years, and when the University appointed a Director of CS (Morley Sage), David stayed on as Chair of the Committee, making sure that he still signed all the cheques. Geoff Luckhurst kept up that role and I inherited it pretty much as the two-days-a-week job that David had created. Of course, he was still keeping a beady eye on it all and was ready to pounce on Committee reports in Senate – in the days when Senate was still a decision-making body.

Those were still pioneering days, when computers were rather a specialised commodity, and not many academics in arts and humanities used them, let alone had one in their office. David was a great supporter of spreading the use of computers and encouraging people like myself to think of interesting things we could do with them. At one stage he even offered to chip in towards a specialist post in computing in the humanities. It never quite happened, though not for lack of enthusiasm or support on David’s part. He was a can-do person and a very humane man who made this University a better place. Rest easy, David.