He graduated from Washburn High School in 1962 and received his B.S. in Agricultural Business and Economics from the University of Maine in 1967, at Orono.
He was employed as divisional merchandiser for W. T. Grant and Company, in Randolph and New Bedford, Mass., from 1967 to 1969. He is presently a member of the Maine Air National Guard, having been transferred from the Massachusetts National Guard.
Jardine was born in Washburn and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Herbert Jardine, of Washburn.
[September 1969]