William Howard Gardiner

Background

Gardiner, William Howard was born on March 24, 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Howard and Helena Lawrence (Baird) Gardiner.

Education

Educated Jesuit boarding school in France, 1882-1888. Boston Latin School, 1889. Hopkinson’s and Hale’s private schools, Boston, 1889-1892.

Special student Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1892-1896. Naval War College, Newport, 1922-1923.

Career

Chemist, electrical and traction engineer, 1900-1907. Consultant engineer gas companies in Boston. Became associate partner with Henry L. Doherty, New York, 1907, in engineering management and financing public utilities.

Retired from business, August 1914, for war work, and since has given his time to foreign affairs and naval policy of the United States. In 1931, persuaded Canadian government to veto Lord Curzon’s proposal for renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Author of view that “North America, particularly the United States, has ceased being virtually self-sufficient and is taking on the character and outlook of a great island centrally placed in the oceanic world.” Has written many articles on this and kindred subjects in Yale Review, Atlantic Monthly, North American Review, etc.

Vice president. Navy League of the United States, 1928-1933 (resigned 1935). Worked on global policy with White House and Department State, during World World War World War II Now Gardiner professor Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard. Former president Federal Grand Jury Association Southern District of New York.

Member Grand Jury Association of New York County. Member United States Naval Institute, Naval History Foundation, Institute of America Genealogy, History Society of Pennsylvania, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vice president general General Society of the War of 1812 (president New York division 1937-1946).

Former deputy governor, New York Society Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. Member St. Nicholas Society of New York, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Military Order Loyal Legion of the United States. Colonial Order of the Acorn.

Worked on global policy with White House and State Department during World World War World War II.

Membership

Member Grand Jury Association of New York County. Member United States Naval Institute, Naval History Found. Member St.

Connections

Married Mary Ruth McBurney, May 16, 1918 (died September 26, 1947).

Father:

William Howard Gardiner

Mother:

Helena Lawrence (Baird) Gardiner

Spouse:

Mary Ruth McBurney