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John William Gardner - Definition

John W. Gardner, 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.

Contents

Early life

Office of Strategic Services and World War II

Carnegie Corporation

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

Common Cause

Campaign Finance Reform

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)

Example Usage of William

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