VITAL STATISTICSBorn: August 3, 1920, Redland (Jesup), GA. Married: Ruth Boyd, December 5, 1942 until her death March 7, 2002. Children and Grandchildren:
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 Dean S. Hartley, Jr. - Dec 2002 |
 Ruth and Dean Hartley |
SERVICE HIGHLIGHTSROTC at Wofford College, completed 1941 |
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DECORATIONS
| Distinguished Flying Cross with
one gold star Air Medal with eight gold stars Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V" Presidential Unit Citation, 1st Division Guadalcanal Navy Unit Commendation American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with three stars Victory Medal WW II National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal with one star United Nations Service Medal Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Letter of Appreciation (2) Credited with 4 1/2 air combat kills at Guadalcanal Dress Blues on display at the Chenault Aviation & Military Museum, Monroe, LA. |
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SERVICE AND FLYING DETAILS
See more details, including pictures of airplanes flown in Military Service. See also Time of the Aces: Marine Pilots in the Solomons, 1942-1944, photograph on page 2, Commander Peter B. Mersky, Marine Corps Historical Center, 1993, and the electronic version at the Naval Postgraduate School website [external].
ACADEMIC
CIVILIAN EDUCATION
A.B., chemistry, Wofford College [external link], 1941.
M.A., business & education, Stanford [external link],
1951.
MILITARY EDUCATION
Jet Refresher Course, El Toro, CA (3 wks) 1963
GV-1 Pilots FA, Crs (3 wks) 1961
Naval War College, Newport, RI, (43 wks) 1961
Amphibious Warfare School MCS, Quantico, VA, (20 wks)
1955
Nuclear Weapons School, Sandia Base, NM, (4 wks) 1952
Stanford University (PA&TrngCrs), Monterey, CA,
(52 wks) 1951
1st MAIS MCS (Junior Course), Quantico, VA, (16 wks) 1945
Naval Flight School, Jacksonville/Miami, FL, (36 wks)
1942
AFFILIATIONS
Deputy Head and Head, Naval Warfare Course, Naval War College, Newport, RI: 1964-1969
Director Marine Corps Extension School, Quantico, VA: 1969-1971
Department Head and Associate Professor of Aviation, Northeast Louisiana University (renamed University of Louisiana at Monroe [external link]), Monroe, LA: 1971-1988.
ARTIST
Col Hartley began sculpting and painting in high school and has continued throughout his life. His work is shown in the Artist page.
ORIENTAL ART COLLECTOR
Col Hartley began collecting oriental art with three Japanese swords, collected during World War II. Since that time, he has collected swords, cloisonne, porcelain, pottery, armor, netsuke, prints, and other oriental art. He is considered by many to be an authority on the subject.
He is a Past President of the Japanese Sword Society of the US (JSSUS) [external link], Past President of the Southern California Sword Society (Nanka Token Kai) [external link], Sensei and Honorary Life Member of the Florida Token Kai [external link], and a member of the Dallas Token Kenkyu Kai.
Author
- "Wearing Samurai
Armor,"
a 2.5 minute movie, 1963 or 64. - "Retempering a blade," reporting on Mr. Fujimura's process, 1964.
- "Letter to Bob Wainwright," concerning year in Japan and other sword matters, 1965.
- "Dr. Homma's Visit to Boston Museum," reporting to the Nanka Token Kai, 1965.
- "The Sword Appraisal System," reporting to the Nanka Token Kai, 1965.
- "The Shape of the Sword," in The Book of the Sword, edited by Randolph B. Caldwell, published by Token Kenkyu Kai, Dallas, TX, 1972, contains an excellent introduction to examining a sword with respect to its shape.
- "Role of the Sword Maker," presented at the Netsuke Seminar Program, Oct 1 - 4, 1975, East Dennis, MA.
- "Metal Netsuke," notes for the Netsuke Seminar Program, Oct 1 - 4, 1975, East Dennis, MA.
- "The Wandering Arms of Japan," by Dean Hartley and Thomas B. Buttweiler, in Northern California Japanese Sword Club Token TaiKai '76 Lectures, published by the Northern California Japanese Sword Club, San Francisco, CA, 1976.
- "Japanese Armor and Weapons," presented at The American Society of Arms Collectors (ASAC), Mar 29 - Apr 2, 1978, Vicksburg, MS.
- "The Japanese Sword - Symbol of a Culture," in Profile of Ouachita, July/August, Volume 2, No. 2, 1979.
- "Oriental Porcelains," in Profile of Ouachita, September/October, Volume 2, No. 3, 1979.
- "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Collecting Japanese Swords...," for the Florida Token Kai, published by the Japanese Sword Society of the US [external link], 2003.
Museum Exhibits
- Arms and Armor of Ancient Japan at the Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park in Los Angeles, CA in 1964.
- Masur Museum of Art Oriental Art Objects Exhibit at the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, LA, in 1973.
- Oriental Apparel - Collection of Col. Dean Hartley at the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, LA, in 1986.
- Permanent Collection at the Metropolitan Monroe Museum.
Subject of Articles
He has also been the subject of articles on oriental art:
- "Sword Maker and Art Collector," Torii Teller, Iwakuni Weekly, June 7, 1965.
- "Samurai Sword Collector," The New Bedford Sunday Standard-Times, December 15, 1968.
- "Collector's Bag: Knives and Guns," Navy Times, December 17, 1969, The American Weekend Section.
- "The Swords of Samurai," The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA, April 25, 1970, Town & Country Section.
- "Swords capture collector's heart," News-Star-World, Monroe, LA, January 7, 1987, Accent Section.
- "Displaying Japanese Armor," 2007.
- "A Lesson in Japanese Swords," 2008.
MEMORIAL PAGE
Obituary and other memorial information.
