Background
Roger Ward was born on July 6, 1875 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. The son of Nathaniel and Ellen (Stearns) Babson.
Roger Ward was born on July 6, 1875 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. The son of Nathaniel and Ellen (Stearns) Babson.
Roger Ward Babson attended the local schools and was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1898. He received a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1898.
After working for a Boston investment firm, Babson organized his own bond-selling business in New York, and later joined a public utility bond firm. He moved to Wellesley Hills, Mass., began to publish his analyses and tabulations of business reports for bankers, and in 1904 incorporated the Babson Business Statistical Organization, designed to inform and protect the investor in relation to the safe and profitable use of his funds. Founder of Business Statistics Organization, Babson Park, Massachusetts, 1904. Founder Babson Institute. Co-founder (with wife) Webber College, Babson Park, Florida, also Midwest Institute, Eureka, Kansas.
Chairman board Babson’s Reports, Inc. Director Home Insurance Company. Chairman Gravity Research Foundation.
Director of New Mexico & Arizona Land Company. Former director general information and education, by appointment of the United States Government during World War. Candidate for President, Prohibition Ticket, 1940.
Moderator National Council Congressional-Christian Churches, 1936-1938.
Roger Ward Babson was a fellow of Royal Statistical Society (London).
General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches of America , United States
1936 - 1938
Roger Ward Babson was married to Grace Margaret Knight.