Background
III, James Arthur Ward was born on June 9, 1941 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of James Arthur and Rose (Pfendler) W.
III, James Arthur Ward was born on June 9, 1941 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of James Arthur and Rose (Pfendler) W.
Bachelor, Purdue University, 1964; Master of Arts, Purdue University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, 1969.
Assistant professor, U. Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1969-1974; associate professor, U. Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1974-1979; professor of history, U. Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1979-1992; Guerry professor of history, U. Tennessee, Chattanooga, since 1992. Board editors U. Tennessee Press, 1980-1983, 85-88.
President Friends of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library., 1986-1988. Member county of Scholars, since 1985. Member Organisation of America Historians, Lexington Transportation Group, Railway and Locomotive History Society.
Married Roberta Ann Shannon, August 28, 1965. 1 child, Anne Elizabeth.