This past weekend we brought our son to an overnight Camp in New Hampshire . As Sam was getting himself checked in for his third season at Camp I grabbed a copy of the Camp newsletter to pass the time.
As I began to read, I came upon an article called “Remembering Ken Olsen”. Oftentimes the newsletter will highlight former campers who have recently passed away. This was no exception, however, reading further I found that Mr. Olsen was co-founder and president of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). “Digital Equipment Corporation was an American company in the computer industry and a leading vendor of computer systems, software and peripherals from the 1960s to the 1990s”. DEC’s computers were famous for “bridging the gap” between the “gymnasium sized computers of previous generations and the home computers of the 1990’s”.
Digital Equipment’s headquarters were located in Maynard, Massachusetts. In 1998 DEC was acquired by Compaq and eventually merged with Hewlett-Packard. DEC’s leader, Ken Olsen, was known for being an innovator, technician and philanthropist.
Ken Olsen was the kind of philanthropist who never sought recognition. His generous donation of land to Camp Brookwoods is now the home of Moose River Outpost.
Ironically Camp Brookwoods does not allow campers to bring cell phones and/or computers with them to Camp. Instead you are required to communicate with your camper the old fashion way, via pen and paper, however, you can email or check out what’s happening via live webcam shots.
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