Meredith Gardner  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search Meredith Knox Gardner Born October 20, 1912
Okolona, Mississippi Died August 9, 2002 Chevy Chase, Maryland
Residence Washington, D.C. Nationality American Ethnicity
Scottish American Education master's degree in languages
Alma mater University of Texas University of Wisconsin
Occupation linguist, cryptographer Years active retired–1972
Employer National Security Agency and its predecessors Known for
decrypted Venona papers, leading to arrest of Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg Spouse(s) Blanche Hatfield Gardner Children son,
Arthur Hatfield Gardner daughter, Ann Martin 11 grandchildren
Relatives cousin, Patrick Buchanan Gardner, at far left, working
with cryptanalysts.  Meredith Knox Gardner (October 20,
1912–August 9, 2002) was an American linguist and codebreaker.
Gardner worked in counter-intelligence, decoding Soviet
intelligence traffic regarding espionage in the United States,
in what came to be known as the Venona project.  E