Dave Williams of Kalamazoo, Michigan sends along this experience with Harrison Hood following up on a recent Gazette (see below for a refresher) dealing with Harrison Hood’s article on color.

Alan
I was very pleased to read this article on Carder Steuben Glass Colors from a manuscript by Harrison P. Ford. I worked at Eastman Kodak Co. in the same group as Hal Hood, son of Harrison P. Ford. When Hal found out that I was very interested in the Carder Steuben glass, he told me that his father had been a glass chemist at Steuben and invited me and wife, Helen over to their house to see his extensive, beautifully displayed collection of Carder Steuben.
Once while Helen and I were set up at a show&sale held in the auditorium in CMOG, Hal asked me to go over to another dealer’s booth to give my opinion on a large blue Aurene vase which had a bit of blotchiness to it. I was on the spot, as the other dealer was a friend. Luckily, Paul Gardner was standing nearby so I said “Why not ask an expert like Paul Gardner right here?” On hearing this, Paul answered “Any piece of blue Aurene is beautiful”

To change the subject, there have been much recent discussion on viewing glass under “black light”. I would like to clarify that what is commonly referred to as black light is probably ultraviolet A, which spans the wavelengths of 400 nm–315 nm. Ultraviolet B (UVB) is the nest shorter wavelengths of 315 nm–280 nm and in very dangerous to the human eye if directly viewed and also produces fluorescence, sometimes a bit different than that of UVA.