Add to ORKGDifferent views of Dr. John W. Gardner, secretary, HEW, giving 1967 commencement address. On verso: [engr. Instr.] John Gardner / speaker - June 1967.John William Gardner (1912-2002) is best known for being the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1965-1968 under President Lyndon Johnson. He played a major role in civil rights enforcement, education reform and campaign finance reform, and was a key part in establishing Medicare and the public television network. In 1964, Gardner received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He founded Common Cause and headed the Urban Coalition, then later became chairman of the Commission on White House Fellowships in 1977. In 2000 the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities was es...