Background
Gardner, Joel Robert was born on May 12, 1942 in New York City. Son of Stephen H. and Diana (Schneider) Gardner.
(In his lively, informal, and extremely candid memoir of a...)
In his lively, informal, and extremely candid memoir of a lifetime spent among books and authors, Charles Scribner, Jr., offers an intimate view of a family--and family business--from his early childhood in the 1920s, when Max Perkins was editing Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Wolfe, through his classical studies at Princeton and cryptanalysis during WWII, which prepared him for taking the reins of Scribners in 1952 at age 30. 16-page photo insert.
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(Illustrated history of Philadelphia-based Tasty Baking Co...)
Illustrated history of Philadelphia-based Tasty Baking Company, manufacturer of Tastykake.
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Gardner, Joel Robert was born on May 12, 1942 in New York City. Son of Stephen H. and Diana (Schneider) Gardner.
Bachelor, Tulane University, 1962; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966.
Associate editor The Riverdale (New York ) Press, 1966-1968. Oral historian University of California at Los Angeles Oral History Program, 1971-1980, Louisiana State Archives, 1980-1982. Assistant director Louisiana Division of the Arts, 1983-1985.
Director Perkins Center for the Arts, 1985-1987. President Gardner Associates, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, since 1987. Consultant The Pew Charitable Trusts, 1988-1994, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, since 1991, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1994-2006, H.B. Earhart Foundation, 2005-2006.
(In his lively, informal, and extremely candid memoir of a...)
(Illustrated history of Philadelphia-based Tasty Baking Co...)
Board directors New Jersey Committee for the Humanities, 1991-1994, secretary, 1993-1994. President Trenton Community Museum School, 1999—2004. Member Oral History Association (board directors 1982-1983), Oral History for Middle Atlantic Region (vice president 1991-1992, president 1992-1993), Rotary (Garden State club 1998-2007, secretary 2005-2006).
Married Holly Alpine Phelps, July 7, 1980.