James Hartness - Affiliations, Degrees, and Medals

Affiliations, Degrees, and Medals

Hartness was an active member of the following engineering, scientific, and arts societies:

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which elected him president in Fall 1913 to serve the 1914–1915 term
• American Engineering Council (formerly the Federated American Engineering Societies), which elected him president in 1924 to serve the following two-year term
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• British Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow)
• British Royal Aeronautical Society (Fellow)
• American Astronomical Society (Member)
• British Royal Astronomical Society (Member)
• British Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts (Member)
• Aero Club of America
• Aero Club of Vermont

His life achievements were recognized with honorary degrees from the University of Vermont (ME in 1910 and LLD in 1920) and Yale University (MA in 1914). The Franklin Institute awarded Hartness the Edward Longstreth Medal in 1921, recognizing his contributions to mechanical engineering. In the same year the American Philosophical Society and the City Trusts of Philadelphia awarded the John Scott Medal to Hartness for the flat turret lathe, citing its usefulness in making artillery.