Charles Olda Gardner

Background

Gardner, Charles Olda was born on March 15, 1919 in Tecumseh, Nebraska, United States. Son of Olda Cecil and Frances E. (Stover) Gardner.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Nebraska, 1941. Master of Science, University Nebraska, 1948. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1943.

Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, 1951.

Career

Assistant extension agronomist, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1946-1948; associate professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1952-1957; chairman statistical laboratory, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1957-1968; professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1957-1970; regents professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1970-1989; professor emeritus, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, since 1989; interim head Biometrics Center, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1988-1989; assistant statistician, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1951-1952. Visiting professor University of Wisconsin, 1962-1963. Consultant International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and Rockefeller Foundation, Mexico, Latin American, since 1964, consultant, Chemical Industries Basel-GEIGY, Eastern half of the United States, 1983.

Consultant, lecturer Department Agriculture, Queensland, Australia, 1977. Consultant, lecturer maize program Kasetsart U. and Ministry of Agriculture, Bangkok, 1990. Special lecturer advanced maize breeding course for leaders of national maize programs in developing countries International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement, El Batan, Mexico, 1989, 91, 93.

Achievements

• Charles Olda Gardner has been listed as a noteworthy botanist, researcher, financial analyst by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elder, Eastridge Presbyterian Church. President Eastridge Parent-Teachers Association. Served to captain, United States Army, 1943-1946.

Fellow American Society of Agronomy (president 1982, agronomic service award, 1988), Crop Science Society of America (president 1975, recipient Crop Science award, 1978, DeKalb-Pfizer Crop Science Distinguished Career award 1984), American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman of the section O committee 1987). Member American Genetic Association, Genetic Society of America, Biometric Society (member regional committee), Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta (International Distinguished Svc. Agriculture 1977).

Interests

• Avocations: photography. Golf; fishing; gardening.

Connections

Married Wanda Marie Steinkamp, June 9, 1947. Children— Charles Olda, Junior, Lynda Frances, Thomas Edward, Richard Alan.

Father:

Olda Cecil Gardner

Mother:

Frances E. (Stover) Gardner

Spouse:

Wanda Marie Steinkamp

child:

Lynda Frances Gardner

child:

Charles Olda Gardner

child:

Junior Gardner

child:

Richard Alan Gardner

child:

Thomas Edward Gardner