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Article: COOL AT COMPUTER CAMP
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 4, 2002
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. - When Chris Lillios joined two dozen other
curious-but-skeptical youngsters at the first summer National
Computer Camp 25 years ago he recalls wondering "whether it was cool
or I was just some 13-year-old nerd."
Today, Lillios is an independent computer software consultant in
Palo Alto, Calif., who credits his three summers at National Computer
Camp with helping him find his niche in life. "My father thought
computers were just a phase that would pass, but we had a feeling we
might be part of something pretty unique," said Lillios, 38.
This past week marked the end of another summer session of
National Computer Camp, launched in a small junior high classroom by
Fairfield ...