Background
Ward, Robert Stafford was born on December 20, 1906 in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Liggett and Huldah Jane (Barnes) Ward.
Ward, Robert Stafford was born on December 20, 1906 in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Liggett and Huldah Jane (Barnes) Ward.
Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1925. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1929. Master of Arts, Boston University, 1932, Doctor of Philosophy, 1951.
Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1937.
Head coach football, master English, Blair Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey, 1929-1932. Assistant football coach Yale, 1932-1933. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1937.
Private practice, Boston, 1937-1942.
Faculty U. Miami (Florida), 1946-1972, associate Professor of English, 1951-1956, professor, 1956-1972, Chairman division humanities, 1962-1968, chairman graduate American studies, 1968-1972.
Member School Committee Waltham, Massachusetts, 1937-1943. Served to commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1946. Southern; Fellowship Fund grantee, 1968-1969.
Member Modern Language Association, Southern Modern Language Association, Psi Upsilon.
Club: Yale (Miami).
Married Anne Caverly Connally, March 31, 1944. Children: Thomas C., Linda Elizabeth Ward Jacobsen, Anne Calhoun.