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Bernard HODSON Obituary

Published by Ottawa Citizen on Oct. 29, 2014.

HODSON, Bernard Ashworth
September 18, 1928 - October 23, 2014
Our dear father, Bernard Hodson, in his 87th year, died peacefully overnight at the Westwood Retirement Residence in Ottawa, leaving behind a large, loving family. A former RAF nurse from 1947 to 1949, an accomplished mathematician, writer, professor, and computer scientist, Bernard authored several books, including Modern Data Processing for Management, Computers Without Machine Code, and A Lifetime of Change. After graduating with a second class honours degree in Applied Mathematics from Manchester University, Bernard's long, distinguished career included working with satellite systems for the federal government, teaching at the University of Ottawa, inaugurating the computer science department at the University of Manitoba, refining computer technology with Imperial Oil, and founding his own software development companies, Symbionics and Genetix. A former cross-country running enthusiast, Bernard felt especially proud of his professional contribution to jet engines, search and rescue, the aerospace industry, and Canada's Avro Arrow. Profoundly missed by his seven children, David (Suzanne), John, Christine (Andrew), Peter (Vicki), Paul (Laura), Isabella (Kyle), and Andrew (Leanne), and his grandchildren: Luke, Sam, Jack, JD, Kelly, Chris, Peter, Lisa, Cassia, Justine, James, Evan, Keriana, Caelan, and Lily, Bernard will also be lovingly remembered by his sister Brenda, previous long-time companion Terry Drzemczewska, and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins abroad. Born in Bury, England, Bernard was predeceased in his immediate family by his parents Agnes (Ashworth) Hodson and Wilfrid Haslam Hodson, and his sister Vera. Friends may pay respects at the
Kelly Funeral Home, Carling Chapel,
2313 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON,
K2G 7G3, 613-828-2313
on Thursday, October 30, 2014 from 10 a.m. until Service time in the chapel at 11 a.m. If desired, memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be made in Bernard's name to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Lung Association, Covenant House, or a charity of your choice.

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November 1, 2014

Although both Prof. Hodson and myself were at the University of Manitoba in 1965, it took about another 50 years before we met for the first time. He was able to tell me what happened to the Bendix G15D computer I first learned to program on (traded for a high voltage transformer for the engineering dept.). I was also the one who won a copy of his "Computers without machine code" text from CIPS - which was a wonderful journey through his life (which seemed to parallel my own very well).

So condolences from a distant acquaintance - he was a good man.