Background
Ewalt, H. Ward was born on February 2, 1907 in Pittsburgh. Son of Harry W. and Carrie I. (Brown) Ewalt.
Ewalt, H. Ward was born on February 2, 1907 in Pittsburgh. Son of Harry W. and Carrie I. (Brown) Ewalt.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University. Graduate certified in aniseikonia, Dartmouth College, 1940. DOS (honorary), Southern College Optometry.
DOS (honorary), Illinois College Optometry. Doctor of Science (honorary), Pennsylvania College Optometry.
Private practice optometry, Pittsburgh. Member summer school faculty department psychology Pennsylvania State University, 1943-1944. Lecturer in field.; chairman Tri-State Conference on Vision and Reading, 1957-1982.
Founder optometric extension program Middle Atlantic Congress. 1st optometric consultant Office of Surgeon General of the United States Army, 1950-1970. Member national advisory council on health professions educational assistance National Institutes of Health/Department Department of Health, 1967-1971.
Chairman International Conference on Visual Science, 1968.
Founder Dracomtra Players. Former board directors Drama League Pittsburgh. Chairman Pine Township Planning Commission, 1962-1975.
Chairman building committee Salem united Methodist Church,1 963, chairman administrative board, 1972-1975. Trustee Wildermuth Foundation, 1974, president, since 1979. President Tine Township Civic Association, 1956, Pine Township School Board, 1958.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Optometry, International Academy Preventative Medicine (honorary). Member American Optometric Association (chairman 1945-1951, member council on education and professional guidance 1938-1951, 1st chairman committee on practice management, chairman contact lens committee, member long term planning committee, secretary-treasurer 1955-1961, president 1962-1963, Apollo award 1965, trustee), American Optometric Foundation (life), International Reading Association, Optometric History Society, International Optic League (executive committee 1962), Survey Commission of Optometry, International National Academies of Practice, Air Line Passengers Association, Ohio State University Alumni Association (life, member alumni advisory board 1968-1976, chairman 1976, Centennial award 1970, past president), Audubon Society, Masons, Kiwanis, Phi Kappa Alpha, Epsilon Phi Epsilon, Omega Delta, Beta Sigma Kappa (Gold medal 1951).
Married Sara E. Long, December 27, 1984.