Hardy Trolander—Minding The Planet
“While you can’t budget for invention, if you put enough technical people together and give them enough freedom, an invention will occur.”
—Hardy Trolander
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Yellow Spring Instruments Founder Hardy Trolander’s childhood love of taking radios apart, to which he has returned in his retirement, led to his lifelong interest in invention. A member of the Engineers Club of Dayton, Trolander is enshrined in the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame.
“Who’s Minding the Planet?” video excerpts courtesy of LeBlanc Productions, Inc.
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Hardy Trolander, left, and David Case in the Yellow Springs Instruments plant.
Image courtesy of Yellow Springs News |
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Dayton Innovation Legacy is a multimedia website and educational resource about Engineers Club of Dayton members who represent a living history of innovation for over 100 years. Dayton Innovation Legacy was made possible in part by the Ohio Humanities Council, a State affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
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