Background
Ward, Phillip Wayne was born on June 10, 1935 in Warren, Arkansas, United States. Son of Jake M. and Violet M. (Skees) Ward.
Ward, Phillip Wayne was born on June 10, 1935 in Warren, Arkansas, United States. Son of Jake M. and Violet M. (Skees) Ward.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Texas, El Paso, 1958. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University, 1965. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970.
Design engineer, Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, 1960-1970; senior member technical staff, Texas Instruments, Inc., Plano, 1970-1991; member technical staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Instrumentation Lab, Cambridge, 1967-1970; president, Navward Global Positioning System Cons., Dallas, since 1991. Proprietor Word Works, Dallas, since 1981.
Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Dallas, 1970-1984, scoutmaster, 1974. Special minister of eucharist St. Patrick Church, Dallas, since 1978. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1958-1960.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Institute Navigation (executive vice president central region 1990-1991, executive vice president 1991-1992, president 1992-1993, chair ION Satellite Division 1994-1996, Colonel Thomas L. Thurlow Navigation award 1989), Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Nancy Ward, January 27, 1958. Children: Christopher T., Stephen M., Ivy Ward O'Malley, Andrew L.