When Alan Batson joined the University of Virginia faculty in 1958, he came with a vision for a future powered by computers. He led a two-year study of computing at UVA, and oversaw the purchase of the University's first computer in 1960. Batson, professor emeritus of computer science at the School of Engineering, remembered by colleagues and former students as the father of computing at UVA, died Aug. 29 at the age of 87.