Background
Ward, Freeman was born on August 9, 1879 in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. Son of Joseph and Sarah Frances (Wood) Ward.
Ward, Freeman was born on August 9, 1879 in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. Son of Joseph and Sarah Frances (Wood) Ward.
Yankton College, 1898-1901, Doctor of Science, 1934. Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1903, Doctor of Philosophy, 1908.
Wood. Assistant instructor and assistant professor geology, Yale, 1903-1915. Professor geology and head of Department, University of South Dakot, also state geologist, 1915-1926. Professor geology and head of department, Lafayette College, since 1926.
Field work Connecticut State Survey, Pennsylvania State Survey and United States Geological Survey, various summers.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society America, American Association Petroleum Geologists, American Association University professors, Sigma Xi.
Married Daisy Lee Eyerly, 1906.