Background
Ward, Peter Minton was born on December 21, 1924 in New York City. Son of Francis Thomas and Alice Antoinette (Waterman) Ward.
Ward, Peter Minton was born on December 21, 1924 in New York City. Son of Francis Thomas and Alice Antoinette (Waterman) Ward.
Student, Princeton University, 1943-1944; Bachelor of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1947; Bachelor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1949.
Worked at Chadbourne & Parke Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1951, New New York Associate Editor, Law Review, 1948-1949.
Vice President and Director, Legal Aid Society, New York, 1977-1986. Director, 1987-1993. Director, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Incorporated.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chairman: Committee on Legal Aid, 1959-1962.
Committee on Problems Concerning Recruitment of Young Lawyers, 1969-1972). New York State (Chairman, Estate Planning Committee, Trusts and Estates Law Section, 1970-1972) and International Bar Associations.
Board governors New York Young Republican Club, New York City, 1953-1955. Board trustees St. George's School, Newport, Rhode Island, 1965-1977, chairman, 1971-1977, honorary, trustee since 1977. Senior warden St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Darien, Connecticut, 1965-1969.
Member Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1981-1990. Served to lieutenant junior grade United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association (chairman various committees 1964-1975), New York City Bar Association (chairman various committees 1951-1981), New York State Bar Association (chairman various committees 1971-1974), Federal Bar Association (chairman various committees 1965-1978) Clubs: New York Yacht (secretary membership committee 1981-1986, secretary club since 1986, trustee, executive committee), North America Station of Royal Scandinavian Yacht (post captain 1980-1991), Noroton Yacht, Quissett Yacht, Cruising of America, Links, Rockefeller Center.
Married Audrey MacInnes, March 19, 1958. Children— Peter F., Susan M., Pamelia P., Douglas M.