Jack Gardner (other)
Jack Gardner may refer to: *Jack Gardner (basketball) (1910–2000), college basketball coach *Jack Gardner (boxer) (1926–1978), British heavyweight boxer * Jack Gardner (general), general in the United States Army *Jack Gardner (musician) (1903–1957), American jazz musician * John Lowell Gardner (1837–1898), American art collector and philanthropist *Jack Gardner (actor) (1902–1977), American film actor in '' The Secret Code'' See also *John Gardner (other) John Gardner may refer to: Arts and literature *John Gardner (American writer) (1933–1982), American novelist and educator, author of ''Grendel'' *John Gardner (British writer) (1926–2007), British author of spy and mystery novels, former offi ...

Jack Gardner (basketball)
James H. Gardner (March 29, 1910 – April 9, 2000) was an American college basketball coach, known for his tenures as the head coach at Kansas State University and the University of Utah. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Born in Texico, New Mexico, Gardner was raised in southern California, and was a four-sport athlete in high school at Redlands. A graduate of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, he was the captain of the Trojan basketball team and led the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) in scoring. Gardner coached at Kansas State from 1939 to 1942 and 1946 to 1953, compiling a 147–81 record with the Wildcats, and thereafter coaching at Utah from 1953 to 1971, compiling a 339–154 record. His career college record was . In his second stint at Kansas State, following World War II, Gardner's teams won three conference crowns and captured two Big Eight Holiday Tournament championships. His 1950–51 team finished 25–4 and lost ...
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Jack Gardner (boxer)
Jack Leonard Gardner (6 November 1926 – 11 November 1978) was a British heavyweight boxer. He was the Heavyweight Champion of Great Britain, the British Empire, and Europe. Gardner was a top ten contender for the Heavyweight Championship of the World and retired with a record of 28 wins, 23 by knockout, and 6 losses, a total of 34 fights. Early life Jack Gardner was born on 6 November 1926 at Market Harborough, England. He served in the Grenadier Guards in the British Army from 1945 to 1951. He earned the rank of Colour Sergeant by the age of 24, becoming one if the youngest Colour Sergeants in the Grenadier Guards to serve Queen Elizabeth II. It was during his time as a guardsman, Gardner began his amateur boxing career. He won the ABA Heavyweight title, as well as the Army and Imperial Services Heavyweight Titles in 1948, representing Great Britain in the Olympic Games. Gardner stood 6' 1", had a reach of 78 inches, and weighed anywhere from 200 to 220 pounds during ...
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Jack Gardner (general)
John Donovan "Jack" Gardner (born 27 September 1954) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He is the former deputy commander of the United States European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. During his career he served in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Bosnia, Iraq and numerous locations throughout the United States. He currently serves as the director of the 21st Century Jobskills Project, a nonprofit organization focused on assisting public school students in transitioning to living wage jobs. Gardner is a native of Columbus, Ohio. Past assignments Deputy Commander MNF-I for detainee operations Gardner was assigned as deputy commander for detainee operations/Commander of Task Force 134, Multinational Force Iraq. His oversight included all detainee operations at Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper, Fort Suse and Abu Ghraib prison as well as operations at Camp Ashraf. Both Fort Suse and Abu Ghraib prison were returned to Iraq control during his tenure. U.S. Army South Gar ...
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Jack Gardner (musician)
Francis Henry "Jumbo Jack" Gardner (August 14, 1903 – November 26, 1957) was an American jazz pianist. Career Gardner played locally in Denver in the early-1920s, including with Doc Becker's Blue Devils and Boyd Senter's band. He moved to Chicago in 1923, where he led his own band in addition to playing with musicians like Wingy Manone, Jean Goldkette, and Gene Austin. He remained in Chicago through 1937, playing with Jimmy McPartland in 1936. Moving to New York City, he began associations with Sandy Williams's orchestra and Harry James, but returned to Chicago early in the 1940s, where he led his own group. In 1944, he recorded with Baby Dodds. He spent much of his later life playing in Dallas, Texas, where he died in 1957. Gardner's compositions include the song "Bye, Bye, Pretty Baby," co-written with George Hamilton. References ;Footnotes ;General references *"Jack Gardner". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' online. *John Chilton John James Chilton (16 Ju ...
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John Lowell Gardner
John Lowell "Jack" Gardner Jr. (November 26, 1837 – December 10, 1898) was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He and his wife, Isabella Stewart Gardner, were patrons of the arts whose collection is now housed in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.''Gardner Family Papers'' 1772-1915.The Massachusetts Historical Society Background Gardner's mother, Catherine Endicott Peabody (1808–1883), of Brookline, Massachusetts, was the daughter of the Salem shipowner, Joseph Peabody (1757–1844), who made a fortune importing pepper from Sumatra and was one of the wealthiest men in the United States at the time of his death in 1844. Gardner's paternal grandfather, Samuel Pickering Gardner (1768–1843), descended from Thomas Gardner and from the father of Timothy Pickering.''George Gardner Family Papers'' 1659-1900.The Massachusetts Historical Society Through his paternal grandmother, Rebecca Russell Lowell, he descended from Percival Lowell who had arrived at Ca ...
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Jack Gardner (actor)
Jack Gardner may refer to: * Jack Gardner (basketball) (1910–2000), college basketball coach *Jack Gardner (boxer) (1926–1978), British heavyweight boxer *Jack Gardner (general), general in the United States Army * Jack Gardner (musician) (1903–1957), American jazz musician *John Lowell Gardner (1837–1898), American art collector and philanthropist * Jack Gardner (actor) (1902–1977), American film actor in '' The Secret Code'' See also *John Gardner (other) John Gardner may refer to: Arts and literature *John Gardner (American writer) (1933–1982), American novelist and educator, author of ''Grendel'' *John Gardner (British writer) (1926–2007), British author of spy and mystery novels, former offi ...

The Secret Code (serial)
''The Secret Code'' (1942) was the 19th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It features the masked hero "The Black Commando" facing Nazi saboteurs, inspired by Republic Pictures' successful ''Spy Smasher'' serial of the same year. The chapters of this serial each ended with a brief tutorial in cryptography. Plot This serial introduces the World War II scenario when a masked hero tries to prevent Nazi agents from crippling the US's war effort. The spy ring is led by fifth columnist Jensen, who, with his lieutenant Rudy Thyssen and a network of Nazi saboteurs, is trying to get possession of a top-secret formula the United States had developed for manufacturing synthetic rubber while creating explosive gases and radio-controlled bombs to sabotage the exhausting war effort. Then Police Lieutenant Dan Barton stages a public dismissal from the police department, in order to join the saboteurs ring and learn the secret code they have been using. To further assist his efforts (especial ...
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