John Aris

Part of the original team that built the LEO computer, Aris later served as Director of the National Computing Centre (NCC) 1985–90, where he championed the importance and the skills of computer users as distinct from manufacturers. Aris was also a classicist, a musician, an art collector, a Major in the Territorial Airborne Brigade, and a traveler who set foot in more than 200 countries.