Arthur J. Hatch

Arthur Joel Hatch junior (born September 26, 1910 in Toledo (Ohio) , United States , † August 13, 2008 in Sylvania (Ohio) ) was an American electrical engineer and manager of an electrical company and the winner of a technology Oscars .

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Hatch was born across from the Toledo Museum of Art in the old Scottwood Apartments of Toledo, Ohio. He attended Scott High School there and then the University of Toledo, where he graduated in electrical engineering in 1934. Hatch got his first job that same year at Electric Autolite, where he tested automotive generators on the assembly line. The following year he joined the Strong Electric Company. Under his leadership, the company manufactured arc lamps such as those used in movie theater projectors, as well as slide projectors, graphic designer lamps and, during World War II, searchlights for tanks. In 1947 Arthur Hatch was promoted to Vice President of the company and took over management of the company in 1956 after the company's founder Harry Strong passed away.

During his working life, Hatch held 13 patents for various types of lighting technology. In 1966 Arthur J. Hatch junior won an Oscar for developing a new air-blown carbon arc projection lamp that produced 50 percent more light than previous commercial models. Hatch was a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and had four articles published in their journal and many other articles in other journals. From 1936 until her death in 2004 he was married to Helen Bellows, whom he had met at university. This marriage resulted in two sons, Arthur and David. Arthur Hatch was known as an avid boater. He was also a founding curator of the University of Toledo Alumni Foundation and served as its president from 1963 to 1964.

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• Obituary on toledoblade.com
• Obituary on legacy.com