In Lost, who is Alvar Hanso?

The father of the"Dharma Initiative".

Go here: http://www.thehansofoundation.org/It's the homepage of the Hanso Foundation with is linked to the Dharma Initiative. It used to say a lot about Hanso, but recently someone has been"hacking"into the site. But, if you move your mouse to the middle of the letter, there is some noise and I personally don't know what all the words are.