Background
Ward, Louis Emmerson was born on January 19, 1918 in Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry Ben Pope and Aline (Emmerson) Ward.
Ward, Louis Emmerson was born on January 19, 1918 in Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry Ben Pope and Aline (Emmerson) Ward.
AB, University of Illinois, 1939; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard, 1943; Master of Science in Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1949.
Intern Illinois Research and Educational Hospital, Chicago, 1943. Fellow medicine Mayo Foundation, 1946—1949. Consultant medicine, rheumatology Mayo Clinic, 1950—1983, chairman board governors, 1964—1975.
With Medical Corps United States Army, 1944-1946.
Vice chairman board trustees Mayo Foundation, 1964—1976. Past board directors Fund for Republic, Center for Study Democratic Institutions, Arthritis Foundation, Northwestern Bell Telephone Principal Finance Group. Member National Council Health Planning and Resource Development, 1976—1983.
Master: American College Rheumatology. Member: Institute Medicine, Southern Minnesota Medical Association, Zumbro Valley Medical Society, Minnesota Medical Society, Central Society Clinical Research, National Society Clinical Rheumatologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Son of Henry Ben (Pope) and Aline (Emmerson) Ward. Married Nan Talbot, June 5, 1942. Children: Nancy, Louis, Robert, Mark.
Married Marian Mansfield, January 27, 1979.