John Rolfe Gardiner

John Rolfe Gardiner was born in New York City in 1936. He grew up in the Washington D.C. suburbs of Northern Virginia during World War II. Educated at the Friends School in Washington and Amherst College, he graduated with a B.A. degree in English. He served in England in the Army Security Agency, then worked as a reporter and editor at Broadcasting and Television magazines in New York and Washington.