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Gardner, Stephen S. [Biography]
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Digitized from Box 7 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 14, 1975 Office of the White House Press Secretary THE WHITE HOUSE The President today announced the appointment of Stephen S. Gardner, of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the President's Commission on Personnel Interchange for a term of two years. He succeds William E. Simon who resigned effective,January 25, 1975. Mr. Gardner was Chairman of the Board of the Girard Trust Bank in Philadelphia from 1971 to 1974. He served as President of the Girard Trust Bank from 1966 to 1971. He is the Chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Movement, Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, the YMCA Foundation, and the Philadelphia College of Art. In addition, he is a member of the World Affairs Council and the Philadelphia Club. He was born on December 26, 1921, in Wakefield Massachusetts. He was educated at Boston University, Harvard College, and received his MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1949. He is married and has five children. The Commission was established by Executive Order 11451 of January 19, 1969, to develop an executive interchange program under which promising young executives from the Federal departments and agencies and the private sector will be selected and placed in positions offering challenge and responsibility in the other sector. # # #