Background
Ward, Luther Buford was born on January 14, 1926 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Buford and Nora Louisa (Dunn) Ward.
Ward, Luther Buford was born on January 14, 1926 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Buford and Nora Louisa (Dunn) Ward.
Student, Walla Walla College, 1943-1947; Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University Portland, 1951; student, Catholic U. American, 1969-1970.
Designer, Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel, San Francisco, 1951-1956; supervisory designer, Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel, San Francisco, 1959-1962; marine engineer, Morris Guralnick Associations, Inc., San Francisco, 1956-1959; marine engineer propulsion machinery and components section, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, 1962-1963; marine engineer surface combatant section bureau of ships, United States Navy, Washington, 1965-1968; supervisory mechanic engineer control system secton, Naval Ship Engineering Center, Hyattsville, Maryland., 1968-1973; senior mechanic engineer marine system propulsion and auxiliary machinery, David Taylor Research Center, Annapolis, Maryland., 1973-1991; retired, since 1991. Test engineer Polaris Launcher Project marine division Westinghouse ElectricCorp., Sunnyvale, California, 1959. Assistant project engineer, bureau of Ships, Washington, 1963-1964, cost reduction coordinator, 1964-1965.
Hospice volunteer Hernando Pasco Hospice, Inc., Fla, 1996. PFC United States Army,1944-1946, China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations. Member Society of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineers.
Married Verla Joyce Anderson, October 5, 1947 (divorced 1981). Children: Bruce, Brian. Married Alice Mary Fox, September 26, 1981.