Lynn-Philip Hodgson, Guest Speaker, February 1st, 2013, "Inside Camp X"
Lynn-Philip Hodgson, Guest Speaker, February 1st, 2013, "Inside Camp X"
Lynn was born in the City of Toronto in 1946.
When he was thirteen, his father purchased an amusement park in Pickering and named it Paulynn Park after his brother and him; it was in these surroundings that Lynn would grow up. Lynn married his high school sweetheart Marlene, and on November 28, 2012, they will celebrate their forty-eighth wedding anniversary. Lynn and Marlene are proud parents and grandparents, having two married daughters, Renée & Karen. Lynn and Marlene have retired to Burlington, Ontario, Canada where they live the condo life close to their children and grandchildren.
The best-selling author of, ‘Inside Camp-X’, was a successful businessman for thirty-five years while working for Johns-Manville Corporation. Among his achievements was the design and implementation of the first distributed, integrated computer system called CSS early in the nineteen-seventies, which was to become the basis for most on-line computer systems used in business today. Later, he was the Director of Business Logistics while working for a subsidiary company in Quebec with a large project team under his supervision.
Lynn has spoken to over one hundred thousand public and high school students in the past eight years, enlightening them of their rich historical heritage here in southern Ontario. He is a was a volunteer at the Camp-X museum in Oshawa and Past Chair of the Scugog Shores Historical Museum, Past Vice-Chair and Director of the Kawartha Region Conservation Authority (KRCA), Director of the Military Heritage of Durham Region, Past council appointee of the Scugog Township Heritage Committee and Founding Director of the Camp-X Historical Society. He was also an elected Municipal Councillor for Ward 3 in Scugog Township for seven years (2003 - 2010) and was Chair of the powerful Finance Committee and Works Committee.