Dr. Robert Paul Hardman

HARDMAN, Dr. Robert Paul, age 82, of Dayton passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Dr. Hardman graduated from Bexley High School in Columbus, Ohio in 1947. A proud alum of Ohio Wesleyan University, Class of 1951, he went on to graduate from Harvard Medical School, Class of 1955. He completed his Rotating Internship at Cleveland City Hospital and his Pediatrics Residency at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver. After serving his country in the U.S. Navy at the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, VA from 1957-1959, Dr. Hardman completed his Fellowship in Child Neurology at Boston Children's Hospital. From 1962-1970 he served his community while a physician at the Yellow Springs Clinic. During that period he founded the Departments of Neurology and EEG and the Neurology Clinic at Dayton Children's Medical Center where he remained on staff until retiring in 2011. From 1970-2011 Dr. Hardman also maintained his private practice of pediatric neurology. For more than a half century Dr. Hardman devoted himself to improving the lives of countless children and their families. His positions and accomplishments include Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology and founding member of the Wright State University School of Medicine Adjunct Faculty; Governing Board Member of the Miami Valley Regional Center for Handicapped Children; Board of Trustees member for the United Cerebral Palsy of Dayton and Montgomery County; member of the Advisory Council on Special Education for the State Superintendent of Ohio, Committee on School Health, and Committee on Special Education; member of the Montgomery County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association, and the AMA; member of the American Academy of Pediatrics; election to Meritorious Membership in the Child Neurology Society; proud Sigma Chi brother; Phi Beta Kappa honoree; and forever an Eagle Scout. Dr. Hardman was also a gifted musician who enjoyed playing the piano and singing, most notably with the Boston Handel Haydn Society and the Montgomery County Medical Society Glee Club. An avid sportsman, he played golf and squash for most of his life. Dr. Hardman cherished his years coaching his children's soccer teams in Yellow Springs and later in life found similar contentment spending his Saturday afternoons watching Ohio State football with family and friends. He was a brilliant man who answered his calling; an eternal optimist with a tremendous heart. He will be greatly missed and forever loved. May he rest in peace. Dr. Hardman is survived by his wife of 29 years, Catherine "Kate"; children, David (Laura) Hardman, Lynda Hardman, Daniel (Dagmar) Hardman, Jim (Jocelyn) Hardman, Bill (Lynn) Hardman, and Kenneth Hashimoto; 9 grandchildren; and several special friends. Dr. Hardman was preceded in death by grandson Gregory Hardman, son of David and Laura. Family will greet friends from 4:00-7:00pm on Friday, April 27, 2012 at ROUTSONG FUNERAL HOME, 2100 East Stroop Road, Kettering. Gifts may be made in Dr. Hardman's name to either the Humane Society of Greater Dayton, 1661 Nicholas Rd., Dayton OH 45417 or to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, 1133 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd. Suite 300, Dayton, OH 45408.

Funeral Home:
Kettering Routsong Funeral Home
2100 E. Stroop Rd.
Kettering, OH
US 45429