Martha M. Gardner is an American statistician associated with GE Global Research, and the former chair of the Quality & Productivity Section of the American Statistical Association.
[1] As an undergraduate at the University of Alabama, Gardner majored in both mathematics and classical languages.
After earning a master's degree in statistics at Alabama, focused on actuarial science, she moved to North Carolina State University (NCSU) for her doctoral studies.
[1] In 2011, the NCSU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences gave Gardner their Medal of Achievement.
[2] In 2014, the American Statistical Association honored her by electing her as one of their Fellows.