The character Alan in TRON is based on Alan K (Score 1)

One of the writers of Tron became Alan's wife in real life. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531381/ "She now resides in Los Angeles and Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband, noted futurist and computer scientist Alan Kay" http://www.tron-sector.com/bios/bonniemacbird.aspx And Alan worked for Disney Online for a few years.