Robert Harry Gardner

Background

Gardner, Robert Harry was born on May 21, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Montgomery and Virginia Robinson (Jones) Gardner.

Education

Bachelor, Amherst College, 1936.

Career

Radio writer, Ruthrauff & Ryan Advertising, Chicago, 1938-1942; account executive, Mitchell McKeown Organisation, Chicago, 1942-1947; partner, Gardner & Jones, Chicago, 1947-1960; chairman, Gardner, Jones & Company, Inc., Chicago, 1960-1979; senior consultant, Hill and Knowlton, Inc., Chicago, since 1979; owner, Special Assignment Public Rels., Chicago, since 1980.

Achievements

• Robert Harry Gardner has been listed as a noteworthy Public relations consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Supervision for Empowered Workers: View Leadership Styles for Self-Managing Teams

    (Book by Pressel, Lloyd, Gardner, Robert H.)

Membership

Trustee Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois, since 1990. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow Public Relations Society of America (accredited, chairman accreditation board 1975, chairman counselors academy 1973).

Member Publicity Club Chicago (vice president 1962), University Club Chicago (secretary 1971).

Connections

Married Jean Seymour, December 2, 1950. Children: George Son of, Elizabeth M.

Father:

Harry Montgomery Gardner

Mother:

Virginia Robinson (Jones) Gardner

Spouse:

Jean Seymour

child:

Elizabeth M. Gardner

child:

George Son of Gardner