Perry William Ward

Background

Ward, Perry William was born on June 10, 1939 in Oklahoma City. Son of Perry Walter and Frances Irene (McGuirk) Ward.

Education

Student, U. Tulsa, 1957-1968; student, College William and Mary, 1962-1963.

Career

Senior producer director, Station KOTV Whitney Communications Corporation, Tulsa, 1957-1962, 64-69; international sales manager, Irwin Yacht and Marine Corporation, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1969-1970; director accounts, vice president, Weber & Associations Advertising, St. Petersburg, 1970-1971; senior vice president marketing, Resort Inns American, Inc., St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, 1971-1984; executive director, Gulfcoast Health Associations, St. Petersburg, 1984-1987; director client services, 1st Texas C.M. Corporation, St. Petersburg, since 1987.

Achievements

• Perry William Ward has been listed as a noteworthy Construction management company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Florida Magazine Association, 1970-1971, parents advising committee, special education Pinellas County, Florida, 1978-1981, Special Olympics, Pinellas County, 1977-1982, Pinellas County Attractions Association, 1977, St. Ptersburg Beach Chamber of C., 1978-1980, St. Petersburg Beach Visitors Bureau, 1977-1981, Pinellas County Tourism Advisory Committee, 1975-1982. Country treasurer Junior Red Cross, Tulsa, 1957. Class secretary California Catamaran, 1969, Surprise, 1969.

President St. Petersburg Beach Visitors Bureau, 1981. With United States Army, 1961-1963. Member Key Club (treasurer 1957), The Pleasant Places Florida, Scion Society Baker St. Irregulars Florida, Demolay (chaplain Delta lodge 1955), Masons (entered apprentice).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, golf, collectibles, sketching, writing, video taping, guitar, banjo, recorder.

Connections

Father:

Perry Walter Ward

Mother:

Frances Irene (McGuirk) Ward