Background
Gardner, Jay Kent was born on March 29, 1947 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Lowell Edmund and Louise Elizabeth (Eden) Gardner.
Gardner, Jay Kent was born on March 29, 1947 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Lowell Edmund and Louise Elizabeth (Eden) Gardner.
AS, Scott Community College, 1969. Bachelor, Governors State University, Park Forest, Illinois, 1983.
Systems analyst National Cash Register Corporation, Davenport, 1968—1970, Northwest Bank, Davenport, 1970—1975. Operations manager Finance Industry Systems, Rock Island, Illinois, 1975—1979. Vice president data processing Microdat, Kankake, 1979—1983.
Operations manager Manufacturing Information Systems, Bartonville, 1984—1988, manager data center, since 1988. Part-time instructor Kankakee Community College, 1980.
Chairman United Way Kankakee, 1981—1982. Sustaining membership chairman Kankakee Trails Council Boy Scouts America, 1983. Member of Data Processing Management Association (vice president 1978-1980), Kiwanis.
Married Constance Jane Moe Gardner, July 23, 1973. Children: Adam Jay, Joseph Paul, Anne Elizabeth, John Michael.