Background
Gardner, Shirley Mae was born on March 7, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Ross Edward and Viola (Schwartz) Blake.
Gardner, Shirley Mae was born on March 7, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Ross Edward and Viola (Schwartz) Blake.
Associate of Arts in Business Administration, North Park College, 1952; Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1954.
Print production coordinator, Poole Brothers, Chicago, 1954-1960; graphic arts coordinator, Combined Insurance Company, Chicago, 1960-1965; assistant print shop supervisor, Standard Rate & Data Service, Skokie, Illinois, 1965-1970; supervisor art, typesetting, Schiele Graphics, Chicago, 1970-1973; print production operator, Regensteiner Corporation, Chicago, 1973-1975; purchasing agent, Morongo Unified School District, Twenty-Nine Palms, California, 1975-1978; purchasing agent, Society for Visual Education division Singer Inc., Chicago, 1980-1984; director purchasing, Mindscape, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois, 1984-1990; founder, owner, Eagle Bindery Inc., Lincolnwood, Illinois, since 1988.
Chairman board directors United Cerebral Palsy, Lincolnwood, Illinois. Member Printing Industry of Illinois, National Association Female Executives, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Phi Pi Omega.
Married William Rex Gardner, June 9, 1973.