John William Gardner, (b. October 8, 1912 in Los Angeles, California - February 16, 2002, Palo Alto, California), President of the Carnegie Corporation, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon Johnson, was subsequently the founder of two influential national organizations, Common Cause and Independent Sector, as well as the author of numerous books on improving leadership in American society and other subjects. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Los Angeles redirects here. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: http://www. ... The Carnegie Corporation was founded by the will of Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. ... The United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare was the head of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. ... The President of the United States (fully, President of the United States of America; unofficially abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States and the chief executive of the federal government. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... Common Cause is a U.S. nonpartisan citizens lobbying group (both professionally on Capitol Hill and grassroots advocacy in the states). ... Leadership can refer both to the process of leading, and to those entities that do the leading. ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States, considered the equivalent of the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

Books and Writings

• Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too? (1961)
• To Turn the Tide (1962) - Editor
• Self-Renewal (1964)
• No Easy Victories (1968)
• The Recovery of Confidence (1970)
• In Common Cause (1972)
• Morale (1978)
• Quotations of Wit and Wisdom (1980) - Edited with Francesca Gardner
• On Leadership (1990)
• Living, Leading, and the American Dream (2003)