Wilbur Ward

Background

Ward, Wilbur was born on January 4, 1879 in Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Theodore Hastings and Elizabeth (Potter) Ward.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1900 Doctor of Medicine College Physicians and Surgical, Columbia, 1904.

Career

Married second, Mistress Mabel Park Baker, September 9, 1939. Interne Saint Luke’s Hospital, 1904-1907. Interne Sloane Hospital, 1907-1909, resident obstetrician, 1909-1911, attending gynecologist, 1911-1918, attending obstetrician, gynecologist and director, 1918-1919.

Attending obstetrician City Hospital, 1913-1930.

Professor of obstetrics and gynecology, New York Polyclinic, 1922-1924. Formerly consultant obstetn.

Mount Vernon and Mountainside hospitals, Montclair, New Jersey, Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, New York, Nassau Hospital, Mineola, Long Island. Consultant gynecologist Nassau Hospital.

Retired from active practice, June 1939.

Diplomate American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Achievements

• Wilbur Ward has been listed as a noteworthy gynecologist, obstetrician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

American College of Surgeons fellow, New York Academy of Medicine (former chairman obstetrics and gynecology section). Member Quiz Medical Society, Hospital Graduates, Harvey Society, American Medical Association, New York Pathological Society, New York Obstetrical Society (former president), Society, Alumni Association Saint Luke’s Hospital, Alumni Association Sloane Hospital, Delta Upsilon, Nu Sigma Nu. Clubs: Williams, University (New York).

Connections

Married Edith Richards, September 18, 1916 (died January 1937). Married second, Mistress.

Father:

Theodore Hastings Ward

Mother:

Elizabeth (Potter) Ward

Spouse:

Edith Richards

Spouse:

Mistress