William Ralph Ballard

Background

Ballard, William Ralph was born on February 1, 1926 in Yakima, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Edwin Robert and Frances Evelyn (White) Ballard.

Education

AB, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1946; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1957.

Career

Instructor mathematics, Washington State University, Pullman, 1948-1950; junior mathematician, Institute for Air Weapons Research, University of Chicago, 1952-1953; project officer, Armament Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio., 1953-1954; assistant professor mathematics, Air Force Institute Technology, Dayton, 1954-1957; math faculty, assistant professor to professor emeritus, U. Montana, Missoula, since 1957.

Achievements

• William Ralph Ballard has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Democratic Center Committee, Missoula County, since 1975. Board directors United Way of Missoula County, 1984-1990. Member representing Missoula Center Labor Coun.of Board of Missoula Economics Development, since 1984.

President Five Valleys Audubon Society, since 1988. First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1953-1957. Member Mathematics Association American, American Mathematics Society.

Interests

• Avocations: birding, hunting, gardening.

Connections

Married Lee Atwater Morgan, September 20, 1952. Children: Thomas, Henry, Martha.

Father:

Edwin Robert Ballard

Mother:

Frances Evelyn (White) Ballard

Spouse:

Lee Atwater Morgan

child:

Henry Ballard

child:

Thomas Ballard

child:

Martha Ballard