Hardy, Marshall B., Jr., 1918-2010

Marshall Burwell Hardy, Jr. was born 28 September 1918 in Louisville, Kentucky, to Marshall B. Hardy and Amanda Fitch Hardy, of Flemingsburg, Kentucky. In 1936 he graduated cum laude with a specialty in Math from the Louisville Male High School, where he was an R.O.T.C. Captain. He completed his higher education at the Virginia Military Institute, graduating with distinction in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Hardy was commissioned a second lieutenant of field artillery in the reserves after his VMI graduation in May 1940. While awaiting assignment, he was employed by the Construction Division of E. I. DuPont de Nemours as Chief Expediter in Southeastern United States for the Charlestown Ordnance project. In December 1940, he entered the United States Army active service, assigned to the First Armored Division. During World War II, he served in campaigns in North Africa and Italy. At the end of 1944, Hardy was assigned to the Armored School at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and was an instructor there throughout 1945. After his service in World War II, Hardy studied law, receiving his LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1948. He then entered his father's firm of Hardy and Logan, from which he retired in 1982. Hardy continued his military service after World War II, serving with the 100th Division. He held both staff and command positions in the U. S. Army Reserve. He retired as a lieutenant colonel from command of the 100th training Division in 1978. Hardy was a trustee of the Patton Museum Development Fund at Ft. Knox for 30 years, served on several committees of the Louisville Bar Association (of which he was a member), and was a lifelong active member of Calvary Episcopal Church. Hardy was also a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, 1st Armored Division Association, Military Order of World Wars, American Legion (Post 15), Reserve Officers Association, Society of the Colonial Wars, Hereditary Descendents of Colonial Governors, and the Louisville Country Club. Hardy married Whitney Knowles in 1948, and they had three sons, Marshall III, Henry and Tabb, and three daughters Whitney, Anne, and Katherine. Hardy passed away on 2 November 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Information from the obituary of Marshall Burwell Hardy Jr. published in the Louisville Courier-Journal 3 November 2010.)