Betty Newman (Betty Cooper)

Born 1930, died 31/08/2019.

Known also as Betty Cooper, sister in law of Pat Cooper (later Pat Fantl).

Betty Cooper worked from 1955 to 1964 on both LEO l and  LEO ll at Lyons. Applications she made programming contributions to include L4, the Tea-Blending job, and the production control application for the Liverpool clock and watch makers J.D. Francis, an application specified by Oliver Standingford. She became a valued member of Leo Fantl’s payroll group including involvement with the Ford, Stewarts and Lloyds and Kodak payrolls.

After retirement from LEO she did freelance programming for LEO II and LEO III customers (including LEO Computers) and devised a system for writing programs in Braille for blind programmers. 

A very comprehensive interview with Betty Cooper was conducted by Janet Abbate on 14 September 2001 as Interview #585 for the IEEE History Center, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. and is reproduced in Engineering and Technology Wiki.

Janet Abbate recorded an interview with Betty Cooper in 2001.