Background
Stewart, Ward was born on January 29, 1913 in Des Moines. Son of Louis Bassett and Florence Estelle (Crandall) Stewart.
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Stewart, Ward was born on January 29, 1913 in Des Moines. Son of Louis Bassett and Florence Estelle (Crandall) Stewart.
AB magna cum laude, Carleton College, 1933. A.M. (general education board fellow), University Chicago, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy (Littauer fellow 1937-1938), Harvard, 1938.
Juris Doctor, George Washington University, 1949.
Research assistant Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1934-1936. Assistant director personnel United States Housing Authority, 1938-1940. Chief personnel officer National Youth Administration, 1940-1941.
Assistant director foreign funds control United States Treasury, 1941-1944. Director personnel National Housing Agency (now Housing and Urban Development), 1946-1947. Special assistant organization and personnel Atomic Energy Commission, 1947-1951.
Deputy chief public administration mission to Colombia Bogotá, 1950-1951. Director reports and secretariat Office Economic Stablzn. Administration, 1951-1952.
Assistant commissioner United States Office Education, Department of Health, 1952-1957, specialist in business and public administration, 1957-1965, director of higher education field services, 1965-1973. Representative United States Commissioner Education to President's Committee Education Beyond High School, 1956-1957. Chairman Washington Higher Education Group, 1955-1956.
Professional lecturer Washington Semester Program and Graduate Educational Program of America University, 1956-1958, member advisory committee, from 1956, adjunct professor, from 1958, consultant, from 1974, career consultant-in-residence, from 1978. Member Carleton College council, Alumni Achievement award, 1959. Lecturer department agriculture Harvard University Graduate School.
Member United States delegate International Congress Administrative Sciences, 1962, 1965, 68. Member People-to-People Tennis Teams, Europe, 1976, 77, South Pacific, 1978, Europe, 1979, 81, Far East, 1980.
Served from lieutenant (junior grade) to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member National Education Association (life member), American Political Science Association (president District of Columbia association 1957), American Society Public Administration (District of Columbia chapter president 1960-1961), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho. Clubs: Carleton (president Washington-Baltimore 1954-1955), Chicago, Harvard (Washington).
Edgemoor (Bethesda, Maryland).
Married Maxine Elinor Glad, June 3, 1941 (divorced December 1975). Children– Richard, Elizabeth, Philip. Married Antoinette B.F. Friedman, May 30, 1979.