David Barron: a life in software, 1935–2012

Professor David Barron died on 2nd January 2012. All of us associated with Software: Practice and Experience remember him as the person who got the journal started in 1971. He joined with C.A. Lang to persuade Wiley to publish the journal, and he was the person who lined up highly regarded researchers to submit articles. Together with Lang, he was the co-editor of the journal from its first issue in 1971 until the end of 1984. After 1984, he continued as a member of the editorial board for many more years. This memoir of David Barron has been authored by Martin Campbell-Kelly, who says that he shared a mutual interest with David in the history of programming that extended over 30 years. We thank Martin for providing this tribute to David Barron.