Robert Wayne Gardner (1894-?) was a minister, an academic, and the president of the Eastern Nazarene College.
Gardner was born in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, on May 16, 1894. [1] He earned his bachelor's degree from Olivet College [2] and was ordained in the Church of the Nazarene in 1918. [1] Upon moving to Eastern Nazarene in Quincy, he started his master's degree from Boston University, which he finished in 1924. [1] He was awarded an honorary doctorate by alma mater Olivet College in 1934. [3]
Gardner went to Quincy, Massachusetts, to become the principal of the Eastern Nazarene Academy and began teaching at the Eastern Nazarene College in 1920. [2] During his time there, he became the college registrar [4] and, upon the death of Floyd W. Nease, became president of the college. [5] He resigned in 1936 after collapsing from the strain of operating the college during the Great Depression. [6] He eventually earned a doctorate. [7] In 1951, Gardner joined the faculty of alma mater Olivet Nazarene College. [8]
There is today an "R. Wayne Gardner Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics" at Point Loma Nazarene University [9] and a "Dr. R. Wayne and Elizabeth Young Gardner Scholarship" for ministerial and mathematics students at the Eastern Nazarene College. [10] In addition, the Fowler Memorial Administration Building at Eastern Nazarene was renamed " Gardner Hall" in his honor.
Robert Wayne Gardner (1894-?) was a minister, an academic, and the president of the Eastern Nazarene College.
Gardner was born in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, on May 16, 1894. [1] He earned his bachelor's degree from Olivet College [2] and was ordained in the Church of the Nazarene in 1918. [1] Upon moving to Eastern Nazarene in Quincy, he started his master's degree from Boston University, which he finished in 1924. [1] He was awarded an honorary doctorate by alma mater Olivet College in 1934. [3]
Gardner went to Quincy, Massachusetts, to become the principal of the Eastern Nazarene Academy and began teaching at the Eastern Nazarene College in 1920. [2] During his time there, he became the college registrar [4] and, upon the death of Floyd W. Nease, became president of the college. [5] He resigned in 1936 after collapsing from the strain of operating the college during the Great Depression. [6] He eventually earned a doctorate. [7] In 1951, Gardner joined the faculty of alma mater Olivet Nazarene College. [8]
There is today an "R. Wayne Gardner Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics" at Point Loma Nazarene University [9] and a "Dr. R. Wayne and Elizabeth Young Gardner Scholarship" for ministerial and mathematics students at the Eastern Nazarene College. [10] In addition, the Fowler Memorial Administration Building at Eastern Nazarene was renamed " Gardner Hall" in his honor.