R. Wayne Gardner

[1] He earned his bachelor's degree from Olivet College[2] and was ordained in the Church of the Nazarene in 1918.

[1] Upon moving to Eastern Nazarene in Quincy, he started his master's degree from Boston University, which he finished in 1924.

[7] In 1951, Gardner joined the faculty of alma mater Olivet Nazarene College.

[8] There is today an "R. Wayne Gardner Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics" at Point Loma Nazarene University[9] and a "Dr. R. Wayne and Elizabeth Young Gardner Scholarship" for ministerial and mathematics students at the Eastern Nazarene College.

[10] In addition, the Fowler Memorial Administration Building at Eastern Nazarene was renamed "Gardner Hall" in his honor.