 And in 2000 he was appointed to the Presidential Design Awards Jury for Federal Design Achievement in Graphic Design and Industrial/Product Design 

The 2007 anniversary issue of "PC Magazine" highlighted Hardy's innovative management leadership role in the original IBM ThinkPad development process and deemed him 'Innovator of the Year 1992'.Most recently, two products directly influenced by Hardy during his IBM career were selected in 2016 by "Time Magazine" as being among "The 50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time".They are