Family and colleagues have paid tribute to an inspirational University of Nottingham academic, who helped found the Computer Science department and teach hundreds of students over the years in his one and only place of work. Dr Leon Harrison sadly passed away on Thursday, July 28, at age 75 after years of serious health issues.
Leon was born in October 1946 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, and met his wife Valerie when he was 17 and folk singing. Valerie said: "He played the guitar and sang folk songs, and I was taking the money for the entrance fees so the artist could be paid, and he thought hmm I need to get to know her if she's got the money."
The pair got married shortly after spent many years happily married. Valerie said: "He was very caring, very studious, very approachable, he loves his students, he loved his work, his students loved him I've had so many compliments from them.
