| Stephen S. Gardner | |
| Office: | 10th Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve |
| President: | Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Term Start: | February 13, 1976 |
| Term End: | November 19, 1978 |
| Predecessor: | George W. Mitchell |
| Successor: | Frederick H. Schultz |
| Office2: | Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| President2: | Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Term Start2: | February 13, 1976 |
| Term End2: | November 19, 1978 |
| Predecessor2: | George W. Mitchell |
| Successor2: | Emmett J. Rice |
| Birth Name: | Stephen Symmes Gardner |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Education: | Harvard University, BA, MBA |
Stephen S. Gardner (December 26, 1921 - November 19, 1978) was an American businessman who served as the 10th vice chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1976 until his death in 1978.
Gardner was chairman of the Girard Bank in Philadelphia. In 1973, he was appointed to an advisory group of Philadelphia business leaders by mayor Frank Rizzo.[1] In 1974, he was given the Police Athletic League award for his bank's "distinguished service and leadership" on behalf of the group.[2]
In 1976, he was appointed Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve by President Gerald Ford on a fourteen-year term.
Gardner was born on December 26, 1921, in Wakefield, Massachusetts, a small town in Massachusetts.[3] He and his wife Consuelo had three sons (Seth T., Stephen Symmes Jr., and Pierce S.) and two daughters (Susan and Hillary).[4] His son Seth married Elizabeth Tracy Perkins, the daughter of W. B. Saunders' vice president Sherman Evarts Perkins.[5]
He died on November 19, 1978, from cancer.[4]