Gardner, Walter H. (Walter Hale), 1917-

Walter H. Gardner is a veteran of World War II, serving in the Air Corps as a navigation instructor, deputy commander, and engineering officer, and was later involved with the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Walter H. Gardner was born in Logan, Utah in 1910. After Gardner completed his high school education in Logan, he went on to attend Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1939. He served in World War II as a member of the Army Air Force Corporation. After the war he returned to Utah and continued his studies. Gardner received his Masters Degree in 1948 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1950. He taught at a number of institutions in the West. He was president of the Soil Science Society of American and he was widely known for his research and writing in soil physics and soil-water-plant relations. His last position was as professor emeritus at Washington State University where he was president of the Pacific division of the American Association of the Advancement of Science. Gardner retired in the 1980s and returned to Logan.

Walter H. Gardner was born in Logan, Utah, in 1910. After Gardner completed his high school education in Logan, he went on to attend Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1939. He served in World War II as a member of the Army Air Force Corporation. After the war he returned to Utah and continued his studies. Gardner received his Masters Degree in 1948 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1950. He taught at a number of institutions in the West. He was president of the Soil Science Society of American and he was widely known for his research and writing in soil physics and soil-water-plant relations. His last position was as professor emeritus at Washington State University where he was president of the Pacific division of the American Association of the Advancement of Science. Gardner retired in the 1980s and returned to Logan.

Walter H. Gardner was born in Logan, Utah in the 1910s. After graduating from the common schools of the area, Gardner studied soil physics at Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) and graduated in 1939 with a B.S. With the advent of World War II, Gardner served as a member of the Army Air Forces Corporation, eventually working for the US Military in Japan studying the general effects of war on the soil and the radioactive contamination of soil near Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After completing his work in the Pacific Gardner returned to Utah and continued his studies. In 1948 he received his M.S. and in 1950 his Ph.D in physics. Thereafter, Gardner taught at numerous universities in the West.

Agronomy News, in August of 1984, published the following profile of Gardner:

WALTER H. GARDNER, professor emeritus, Washington State University, assumed the office of president of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Gardner is also presently serving as past president of the Soil Science Society of America. He is widely known for his research and writing in soil physics and soil-water-plant relations. His time-lapse motion picture, "Water Movement in Soil," is used worldwide as a teaching aid. (p.5)

When Gardner retired in the 1980s, he returned to Logan where he has since resided.