Joseph Lawrence Gardner

Background

Gardner, Joseph Lawrence was born on January 26, 1933 in Willmar, Minnesota, United States. Son of Elmer Joseph and Margaret Eleanor (Archer) Gardner.

Education

Student, University Portland, Oregon, 1951-1952; Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, U. Oregon, 1955; Master of Arts (Woodrow Wilson fellow), University of Wisconsin, 1956.

Career

Researcher, writer, assistant editor, managing editor, American Heritage Books division American Heritage Public Company, Inc., New York City, 1959-1965; editor, American Heritage Junior Library and Horizon Caravel Books, 1965-1968; managing editor, Newsweek Books division Newsweek Inc., New York City, 1968-1970; editor, Newsweek Books division Newsweek Inc., New York City, 1971-1976; senior staff editor, Reader's Digest General Books, New York City, 1976-1981; group editor general reference, Reader's Digest General Books, New York City, 1982-1984; director international book public, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1984-1988; president, editorial director, Gardner Associations, since 1989.

Achievements

• Joseph Lawrence Gardner has been listed as a notable editor, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Labor on the March: The Story of America's Unions (American Heritage Junior Library)

    (Traces the history of the labor movement in the United St...)

  • Departing Glory: Theodore Roosevelt as Ex-President

    (Octavo; pp. xv, (i). (2), 3- 432; Photographs; black clot...)

  • Mysteries Of The Ancient Americas

Membership

Board of directors Friends of Scarsdale Library, 1976-1981, vice president, 1979-1981. Trustee Scarsdale Adult School, 1978-1984, treasurer, 1981-1983. Trustee Scarsdale Public Library, 1983-1984, 86-91, president, 1989-1991.

Served with Army of the United States, 1956-1958. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Delta Chi, Phi Kappa Psi.

Connections

Married Sadako Miyasaka, February 25, 1967. Children: Miya Elise, Justin Lawrence.

Father:

Elmer Joseph Gardner

Mother:

Margaret Eleanor (Archer) Gardner

Spouse:

Sadako Miyasaka

child:

Miya Elise Gardner

child:

Justin Lawrence Gardner