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Board of DirectorsJohn Oldenkamp was born in 1931, was an Honors graduate, DePauw University, and had military service, USN, 1950-54. A South Park/Golden Hill resident since 1969, John and life partner Carin Howard live in a craftsman home in South Park. Now retired his background includes working for General Dynamics Astronautics as an offsite and corporate photographer and as a self-employed editorial and advertising photographer in San Diego from 1965 until 1995 when he retired he traveled extensively both domestic and foreign.
John has been widely recognized with regional and national awards most notably for work with Psychology Today Magazine. John was also elected to the National Free Flight Society Hall of Fame in 1998 for excellence in aeromodelling design and editorial work.
Deeply involved in community work some of the organizations he has worked with other then SOHO include 14 years as a Board member and 4 years as president of the San Diego Art Director's Club, which later became the SD Communicating Arts Group.
John's preservation efforts include an important assemblage of his architectural photography work done in the 1960s and 70s of San Diego of the works of architects Lloyd Ruocco, Paul McKim, Homer Delawie, Deems, Lewis, and Schoell and Geritz. John also renovated one of the Schindler Pueblo units in La Jolla.
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