He died at his Catalina Foothills home on Sunday, February 28, 2021. He was 84 years old. He died peacefully, surrounded by his family. Hard was born in Bay Shore, Long Island, and grew up loving sailing and the Great South Bay. He attended Pomfret School and Yale College, where he was the crew captain in 1959. After marrying his sweetheart Kathy Lockett in 1959 and serving for three years in the US Navy, he moved to Arizona to raise a family. Hard spent his entire career at Valley National Bank, running (among other things) its operations in southern Arizona. He was a firm believer in the Arizona community and helped launch the Tucson Mariachi Festival. He has served on the board of directors of several organizations to which he was deeply indebted, including the Brown Foundation, the Museum of Northern Arizona, the Southwestern Foundation, Up With People, the Fiesta Bowl, the Tucson Airport Authority, the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, and the Amerind Foundation. He has brought home numerous awards including Tucson Metro Chamber Man of the Year 2000. His wife, Kathy, survived. his brother David; his three children Michael (Chinita), Christopher (Erika) and Jennifer (Jim) and his seven grandchildren Hanna, Sydney, Eliza, Emma, Clay, Olivia and Izzy. A memorial service will be held in Flagstaff later this year, and donations can be made to the Amerind Foundation. Arrangements by EVERGREEN MORTUARY.
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