Background
Ward, William Rankin was born on December 9, 1870 in Newark. Son of William Rankin and Mary Robinson (Meeker) Ward.
Ward, William Rankin was born on December 9, 1870 in Newark. Son of William Rankin and Mary Robinson (Meeker) Ward.
Graduate Newark Academy, 1888. Student New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, 1890-1892. Doctor of Medicine Hahnemann Medical College Philadelphia, 1893.
Intern, Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, 1894. Practicing physician, Newark, 1893-1905. Assistant medical director Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Newark, 1905-1912, medical director, 1912-1946. medical director emeritus, since 1946.
Founder, Florence Crittenton Home of Newark 1901, president, 1901-1953.
Director, past president Newark Young Men's Christian Association. Essex Company chairman Good Will Council of New Jersey, 1941.
Chairman Citizens’s Housing Council, Newark, 1941. New Jersey chairman Common for Displaced Persons, 1949-1953.
Member Newark Chamber of Commerce Trustee Hospital Service Plan New Jersey, Clara Maass Memorial Hospital, Newark, American Waldensian Aid Society, Bloomfield College and Seminary, Welfare Federation Newark (past president), Newark U. (1941), Temperance League New Jersey. Member of advisory board Rutgers University Member Association Life Insurance Medical Directors
American (president 1923-1924), Academy Medicine Northern New Jersey, New Jersey Medical Society, Essex Company Medical Association, Sons of the American Revolution (past president New Jersey society), Society for Relief Widows and Orphans Medical Men of New Jersey (president 1951), New Jersey Medical. Club, Washington Association New Jersey, New Jersey History Society (trustee, past president), Abraham Lincoln Association, American Sunday School Union (honorary vice president), Essex Company Council Churches (trustee), Lord’s Day Alliance United States (honorary vice president).
Club: Rotary.
Married Jennie Warren Prentiss, June 16, 1903. Children: Carolyn P., Elisabeth B. (Mistress Frederick L. Trowbridge), William Rankin, C. Prentiss, Marion M. (Mistress Max Kronstein).