Leslie Allyson Ward

Background

Ward, Leslie Allyson was born on June 3, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Harold Gordon and Marilyn Lucille (Dahlstead) Ward.

Education

Associate of Arts, College San Mateo, 1966; Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968; MJ, University of California at Los Angeles, 1971.

Career

Reporter, researcher, Los Angeles Bureau Life magazine, 1971-1972; reporter, news assistant Los Angeles bureau, New York Times, 1973-1976; senior editor, New West magazine, Los Angeles, 1976-1978, 79-80; Los Angeles bureau chief, United States magazine, 1978-1979; Sunday style editor, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 1981-1982; editor-in-chief Sunday magazines, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 1982-1983; Olympics editor, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 1984; sports editor, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 1985-1986; senior writer, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 1986; senior editor, Los Angeles Times Magazine, 1988-1990; travel editor, Los Angeles Times, since 1990.

Achievements

• Leslie Allyson Ward has been listed as a noteworthy Journalist, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Robert L. Biggs, 1971 (divorced 1977). Married Colman Robert Andrews, May 26, 1979 (divorced 1988).

Father:

Harold Gordon Ward

Mother:

Marilyn Lucille (Dahlstead) Ward

Spouse:

Robert L. Biggs

Spouse:

Colman Robert Andrews