Background
Ward, Robertson was born on September 7, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robertson and Sylvia (Whiting) Ward.
Ward, Robertson was born on September 7, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robertson and Sylvia (Whiting) Ward.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard College, 1944; Master in Architecture, Harvard College, 1951.
Member faculty department advanced building research, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1951-1952;
research designer, Arnold Rosner, Chicago, 1952;
architect, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Tokyo, 1953;
architect, Breuer, Nervi and Zehrfuss, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1953-1954;
head department design research, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, 1954-1960;
private practice architecture, building systems, research, Chicago, from 1960. Representative, consultant United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization architectural environmental information system, 1976-1979, United States National Committee/Council International Building Research, 1973-1978. Representative from United States Economics Common for Europe, 1972.
Member Chicago Urban Renewal Review Commission, 1965. Member technical advisory board unites states department Commerce, 1967. Director ARCC/National Science Foundation Office Environmental Research, since 1984, American Institute of Architects/R.W. Johnson Foundation/Health Facilities Research Program on Oper.
Costs., since 1992, others.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Institute of Architects, 1970. Member Illuminating Engineering Society, United States Institute TheaterTech., Environmental Design Research Association.
Married Sara Weeks, June 2, 1948 (divorced 1953). 1 child, Robin Regina.