Background

Ballard, William Whitney was born on April 4, 1906 in Colrain, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph William and Mary Ellen (Whelpley) Ballard.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1933.

Career

From instructor to professor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 1932-1971; Sydney Junkins professor of biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, since 1965.

Achievements

• William Whitney Ballard has been listed as a noteworthy Biology, embryology, anatomy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Town officer finance committee, planning boards, conservation commission, school board, Town of Norwich, Vermont, since 1940.

Connections

Married Helen Elizabeth Flanders, June 9, 1938 (deceased July 1992). Children: Nancy Jean, David Josiah, Helen Hartness, William.

Father:

Joseph William Ballard

Mother:

Mary Ellen (Whelpley) Ballard

Spouse:

Helen Elizabeth Flanders

child:

William Ballard

child:

Helen Hartness Ballard

child:

Nancy Jean Ballard

child:

David Josiah Ballard