Gil Rudd about the time he joined Kodak in 1934.

In 1934 he moved from Norfolk, Virginia and joined Eastman Kodak in Rochester New York where he worked in the research laboratory during the transition years from black and white film to color.

Gil about 1945

His publications in the photographic field included such research papers as “Copying the Black-And-White Print,” “Some Factors Influencing The Quality Of Microfilm Images,” “The Potential Of Photography To Record Ground Detail From A Satellite,” and “Color Reprography” presented at the International Congress of Photography in Cologne, Germany. He was the recipient of the prestigious Pioneer Award of the Association form Information and Image Management for his pioneering methods of coding microfilm, and proper exposure control for documents, in May 1985.

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