Alan Cooper
(d.1996)
Died aged unknown
Wikidata WikipediaAlan Cooper (born June 3, 1952) is an American software designer and programmer. Widely recognized as the "Father of Visual Basic", Cooper is also known for his books About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design and The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High-Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity. As founder of Cooper, a leading interaction design consultancy, he created the Goal-Directed design methodology and pioneered the use of personas as practical interaction design tools to create high-tech products. On April 28, 2017, Alan was inducted into the Computer History Museum's Hall of Fellows "for his invention of the visual development environment in Visual BASIC, and for his pioneering work in establishing the field of interaction design and its fundamental tools."
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Erected by public donation in memory of Captain Alan Cooper tragically killed in the Air Ambulance crash of 20th May 1996 and with esteem for the pilots and crews who operate this invaluable service to the Islands
Tingwall, Scalloway, United Kingdom where they died near (1996)