About John W. Gardner:
John William Gardner was Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) under President Lyndon Johnson. During World War II he served in the United States Marine Corps as a captain. In 1955 he became president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and, concurrently, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He was also the founder of two influential national U.S. organizations: Common Cause and Independent Sector. He authored books on improving leadership in American society and other subjects. He was also the founder of two prestigious fellowship programs, The White House Fellowship and The John Gardner Fellowship at Stanford University and U.C. Berkeley. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. In 1966 Gardner was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.
The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.
John W. GardnerOne of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
John W. GardnerWe are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
John W. Gardner