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The Hoya company history timeline

1941

The company was founded on November 1, 1941 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.“

1947

Wrote Morris Beale in his 1947 retrospective, "The Georgetown Hoyas: The Story of a Rambunctious Football Team":

1954

The first April Fools’ issue appeared in 1954 reporting among other things that Mount St Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, had recently been discovered to own the Georgetown campus and that five extra days had been added to the Easter vacation.

1965

And mention is made in the March 26, 1965 issue of the civil rights protests in Alabama but in the form of an account of thirteen Georgetown students who traveled south to participate.

1976

The paper changed its format from tabloid to broadsheet in the fall of 1976.

1980

The initial issue of 1980, produced on January 25, was the first to appear without the approval of a faculty moderator, a position which had been a member of the editorial board.

1984

Coverage of a unifying rather than divisive storyline dominated headlines, on the front pages as well as the sports pages, as the men’s basketball team rose to national prominence and won the NCAA basketball championship in 1984 under Coach John Thompson, Jr.

2001

2001 May HOYA launches HOYALUX Summit Pro and NuLux lenses that use EYRY, a high-index, plastic lens material.

2010

Disclosed its consolidated financial statements in accordance with first-time adoption of IFRSs for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 on its web site.

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