Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Camp, Hugh D., 1974 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ HUGH DOUGLAS CAMP HUGH D. CAMP DEAD AT 71 FORMER UC BD CHAIRMAN New York - Hugh Douglas Camp, former chairman of the board of directors of Union Camp Corporation, died yesterday at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City after a long illness. He was 71. He was a native of Southampton County, and son of the late James Leonidas Camp and Carrie Savage Camp. Camp was educated at Wake Forest College, the University of Virginia, and the Philadelphia Textile Institute. His career in manufacturing started with a textile firm in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., where he became vice president. In 1937 he joined Camp Manufacturing Company of Franklin as vice president and general manager of paper production. The company had been founded by his family in 1887. When Camp Manufacturing Company, of which he was then executive vice president, merged in 1945 with Union Bag and Paper Corporation, he moved to New York as executive vice president of the merged corporation, new Union Camp Corporation. He became its chairman on the board in 1960, a post from which he retired in 1972. He was a director of the corporation at the time of his death. He served as a director of Camp Foundation of Franklin, and while in Virginia, was a director of First & Merchants National Bank, Richmond. He was also a director of First National Bank of New Jersey. He was an Episcopalian, and a member of St. James Church, New York. He was a member of the Union League, New York; of Commonwealth Club, Richmond; Princess Anne Country Club, Virginia Beach; Ridgewood Country Club, Ridgewood, N.J.; and Cypress Cove Country Club, Franklin. He is survived by his widow, the former Ada Norris Coleman of Selma, Ala., now of New York City, and by a daughter, Carolyn, who is Mrs. Leonidas A. Karafylakis, of Philadelphia; by three grandchildren; a brother, James L. Camp Jr.; and three sisters, Mrs. Sol. W. Rawls, Sr., Mrs. Burton J. Ray and Mrs. W. Eldridge Smith, all of Franklin. Funeral services will be conducted at the graveside in Poplar Spring Cemetery in Franklin on Friday, April 19, at 2 p.m. The Rev. B.R. Duffy and the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins will conduct the service. ****************************************************************************** HUGH DOUGLAS CAMP Hugh Douglas Camp, who served as board chairman of Union Camp Corp. from 1960 until 1972, was something of an anachronism at his death in New York City last week. A man who admittedly like to make money, he was imbued with that vanishing combination of virtues: a deep sense on integrity coupled with a concern for his fellow man and community and, for a man in his position, a rare humility. Hugh Camp served the company founded by his grandfather for 35 of his 71 years, retiring two years ago because of illness. Born in Southampton County, Mr. Camp was a son of the late James Leonidas and Carrie Savage Camp. His father was one of three Camp brothers who guided to greatness the company founded by their father 87 years ago. Educated at Wake Forest College and the University Virginia, Hugh Camp started his career in textiles, "showing up in Franklin," as he put it, in 1937 at the age of 34. Hugh Camp's interest ranged from sales and research and development of woodworking, beating, flying - and giving and the City of Franklin is a better place to live for all his interests. On his retirement as chairman of the board two years ago - he retained a seat on the board until his death - an associate dropped the comment that Hugh Camp "Is the finest businessman, the finest person I have ever been associated with." It is said that, as an officer and board chairman, Hugh Camp's office door - and mind - were always open. His regard for other people and his lack of arrogance in his high position in the business world were evidence in a telegram he sent a retiring colleague three years ago when he recalled that "It does not seem possible that it has been 35 years since I showed up in Franklin ... not knowing which was the front end of a paper machine." According to the "History of Lower Tidewater Virginia," it was "under his capable direction that the company made rapid strides..." He carried on and enhanced Union Camp's public image as a company that cares. Too bad there aren't more Hugh Camps for he represented the very best among the few who justify our capitalist system and way of life. Hugh Camp gave as much or more of what he got by brains, integrity and foresight. Hugh Douglas CAMP, of New York City, retired executive - former Union Camp VP & chairman, Southampton Co. native, d. 17 Apr 1974, New York City, age 71, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 44*), Franklin, 19 Apr 1974, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 18, 1974, p. 2B; donated obit, newspaper unknown *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt His parents are buried in Section 1, Plot 53. SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt His father's obit ("The American Lumberman," Dec. 12, 1925) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c510j3ob.txt Her mother's obits ("Tidewater News," Apr. 1 & 8, 1949, & "Religious Herald") are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c510c1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Parker C. Agelasto & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c510h1ob.txt