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(Salt Lake City, UT) Former University of Utah President David P. Gardner has died. The university announced yesterday that Gardner died Tuesday at his home in Park City. He was 90. Gardner served as president of the U from 1973 to 1983, more than doubling its budget and significantly raising faculty salaries. He's credited
David Pierpont Gardner, the 10th president of the University of Utah and a renowned national education leader, died Tuesday of a lingering, undisclosed illness. He was 90 years old.