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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | John W. Gardner |
| Address |
, , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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October 08, 1912
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| Died | February 16, 2002
(89 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Oct 08, 2023 10:43am |
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| Info | John W. Gardner was the ultimate builder of ideas and unifier of people and causes. He was an active and distinguished participant in America's educational, philanthropic, and political life. He served as president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; chairperson of the National Urban Coalition; founding chairman of Common Cause; and founding chairperson of Independent Sector. In 1964, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
He was the architect of the Great Society programs, as Lyndon Johnson's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and counselor to five other presidents. He wrote on such topics as excellence, leadership, self-renewal, and organizational renewal. Mr. Gardner was considered one of our foremost thinkers and a vigorous advocate for social action and national renewal. In his remarkable career, he played an instrumental role in a vast array of enterprises, including the White House Fellows Program, public television, enforcement of the Civil Rights Act, Medicare, the Experience Corps, and many, many others. Through the sheer power of his ideas, he became one of the most influential voices of his generation.
In 1978 and 1979, Mr. Gardner chaired the Organizing Committee that founded Independent Sector, a unique national coalition that today includes more than 700 nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporate philanthropy programs. Just as Common Cause has proven to be a powerful lobby force of individual citizens, Independent Sector provides a major meeting ground for organizations in the nonprofit sector and a force for advancing the nonprofit and philanthropic community's work. He served as Independent Sector's founding chairperson from 1980 to 1983, and in years since, was chairperson emeritus.
He authored several books and monographs on the relationship of the individual and societal improvement, On Leadership, Building Community, and National Renewal.
In 1985, Independent Sector created the John W. Gardner Leadership Award in his honor, recognizing outstanding leaders in nonprofit and philanthropic work who have mirrored his exemplary efforts as a builder, mobilizer and unifier. Twenty-four individuals have received the award since its inception.
His influence remains strong among thousands of men and women working and leading in nonprofit organizations, government and business, and especially among many young leaders, who are the builders of tomorrow.
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