R. Wayne Gardner
Robert Wayne Gardner (1894-?) was a minister, an academic, and the president of the Eastern Nazarene College.
Early life and education
[edit]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]
Career and legacy
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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.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b c Weber, Herman C. (1938). Yearbook of American Churches: A record of religious activities in the United States for the year 1932. Round Table Press, Inc. Universal Digital Library barcode 133732.
- ^ a b Cameron, James R. (1968). Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House. p. 151.
- ^ Cameron, James R. (1968). Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House. pp. 257–258.
- ^ Dr. E. S. and Gertrude Phillips Write their History for their Children May 1, 1972 Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cameron, James R. (1968). Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House. p. 212.
- ^ Cameron, James R. (1968). Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House. p. 277.
- ^ American Mathematical Society?
- ^ History of the Chemistry Department at Olivet Nazarene University Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mathematics and Computer Science Scholarships at Point Loma Nazarene University
- ^ The Eastern Nazarene CollegeUndergraduate Academic Catalogue (p. 36)