Russell Menese Gardner

Background

Gardner, Russell Menese was born on July 14, 1920 in High Point, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Hayes and Clara Emma-Lee (Flynn) Gardner.

Education

AB, Duke University, 1942. Juris Doctor, Duke University, 1948.

Career

Bar: Florida 1948, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1949, United States Tax Court 1949, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1985. Partner McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Gardner & Duke and predecessor firms, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1948-1990, Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart, 1990. Board of Governors Shepard Broad Law Center NovaS.E. U. Trustee Museum of Art, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, president, 1964-1967.

Board directors Stranahan House, Inc., 1981, president 1983-1985. Board directors Fort Laud History Society, 1962, president 1975-1985, president emeritus, 1985. Member estate planning council, Duke U. School Law.

Board directors, vice chairman BrowardPerforming Arts Foundation, Inc., 1985.

Achievements

• Bar: Florida 1948, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1949, United States Tax Court 1949, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1985.

Membership

Trustee Museum of Art, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, president, 1964-1967. Board directors Stranahan House, Inc., since 1981, president, 1983-1985. Board directors Fort Lauderdale History Society, since 1962, president 1975-1985, president emeritus, since 1985.

Member estate planning council Duke University School Law. Board directors, vice chairman Broward Performing Arts Foundation, Inc., since 1985. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1949.

Fellow American College Trust and Estate Counsel. Member American Bar Association (real property, probate, trust section), American Judicature Society, Florida Bar Association (probate, guardianship rules committee 1978-2002, probate law committee), Broward County Bar Association (estate planning council), Coral Ridge Country Club, Lauderdale Yacht Club, Tower Club.

Connections

Married Joyce Thresher, March 7, 1946. Children: Winthrop G., Page Stansbury, June Thresher.

Father:

Joseph Hayes Gardner

Mother:

Clara Emma-Lee (Flynn) Gardner

Spouse:

Joyce Thresher

child:

Page Stansbury Gardner

child:

Winthrop G. Gardner

child:

June Thresher Gardner