Background
Shepard, Ward was born on March 14, 1887 in Hicksville, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles G. and Fannie Josephine (Huffman) Shepard.
Shepard, Ward was born on March 14, 1887 in Hicksville, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles G. and Fannie Josephine (Huffman) Shepard.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1910, Master of Forestry, 1913.
Forest ranger, forest supervisor and assistant chief of research, United States Forest Service, 1921-1927. Fellow Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Central Europe, 1932-1933. Economics advisor to the United States commissioner of Indian affairs, 1933-1936.
Director Harvard Forest and member of faculty, Graduate School Public Administration, Harvard, 1936-1939.
Special adviser on forest policy, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, unites states department of Agriculture, 1939-1940. Advisor on natural resources development, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, 1940-1948.
Member Society of America Foresters.
Married Jean Frances Duer Key, October 12, 1918. Children: Ward, Charles, Francis Key.