Background
Ward was born in 1911 in Diyarbakir in what was then the Ottoman Empire, the son of a medical missionary.
historian university professor
Ward was born in 1911 in Diyarbakir in what was then the Ottoman Empire, the son of a medical missionary.
He spent much of childhood Lebanon, where he attended the American Community School. From Harvard University in 1934 and a Doctor of Philosophy in History from Harvard in 1940.
He received his Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in 1933, an Master of Arts He was an Assistant Professor History at Russell Sage College (Troy, New York) 1941-1942 before joining the Office of Strategic Services (Office of Strategic Services) in the United States. Department of State for the duration of World World War World War II He returned to the United States. to teach at Colby College (1951-1953) and at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, later merged into what is now Carnegie Mellon University (1953-1960). At Carnegie Technical, Ward became Chairman of the History Department. He was the fifth president of Sarah Lawrence College from 1960 to 1965.
After Sarah Lawrence, Ward headed the American Historical Association (1965-1974).
He also served on the Board of Directors for the Harry South Truman Library Institute, was a Fellow of the Society for Religion in Higher Education, and received honorary doctorates from Amherst College, Bard College and Clark University. Ward was the author of William Lambarde"s Collections on Chancery (1953), A Style of History for Beginners(1959), Confrontation and Learned Societies (with John Voss, 1970), Elements of Historical Thinking (1971) and Studying History: An Introduction to Methods and Structure (1985).