Arthur C. Hardy

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'''Arthur Cobb Hardy''' (1895–1977) was president of the [[Optical Society of America]] from 1935-36.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arthur C. Hardy|publisher=The Optical Society|url=http://www.osa.org/en-us/history/biographies/arthur-c--hardy/|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Past Presidents of the Optical Society of America |publisher=Optical Society of America |url=http://www.osa.org/aboutosa/leadership/pastpresidents/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120044158/http://osa.org/aboutosa/leadership/pastpresidents/default.aspx |archive-date=2009-01-20 }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Edward Longstreth Medal]] from the [[Franklin Institute]] in 1939<ref name="LongstrethMedal_Laureates">{{cite web |url=http://www.fi.edu/winners/show_results.faw?gs=&ln=&fn=&keyword=&subject=&award=LONG+&sy=1938&ey=1940&name=Submit |title=Franklin Laureate Database - Edward Longstreth Medal 1939 Laureates |publisher=[[Franklin Institute]] |access-date={{Format date|2011|11|16}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214190328/http://www.fi.edu/winners/show_results.faw?gs=&ln=&fn=&keyword=&subject=&award=LONG+&sy=1938&ey=1940&name=Submit |archive-date=2012-12-14 }}</ref> and the [https://www.optica.org/get_involved/awards_and_honors/awards/award_descriptions/ivesquinn/ Frederic Ives Medal] in 1957.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Obituary. Arthur Cobb Hardy|author=Duntley, S. Q.|author-link=Seibert Q. Duntley|journal=Physics Today|year=1978|volume=31|issue=3|pages=80–81|doi=10.1063/1.2994980}}</ref> He was part of the inaugural class of Fellows of the Optical Society of America in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arthur C. Hardy {{!}} Optica |url=https://www.optica.org/history/biographies/bios/arthur-c--hardy/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=www.optica.org}}</ref>

Hardy graduated from the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California]] in 1917.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1977-11-02 |title=Arthur C. Hardy, Optics Specialist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/02/archives/arthur-c-hardy-optics-specialist.html |access-date=2026-03-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Upon graduation, he joined the US Army, where he served in the [[American Expeditionary Forces|American Expeditionary Force]] as a Commanding Officer in the Photographic Section. He joined [[Kodak]] Research Laboratories after [[World War I]].

In 1922, Hardy was appointed Assistant Professor in Optics and Photography at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT). At MIT, he developed the [[recording spectrophotometer]], which transformed the study of color.<ref>Arthur C. Hardy, Nature, January 12, 1978. https://www.nature.com/articles/271194a0.pdf</ref>

==See also== *[[Optical Society of America#Past Presidents of the OSA]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josa/journal/josa/20prez.cfm Articles Published by early OSA Presidents] Journal of the Optical Society of America

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