Chauncey Prentiss Ward ’33

"Doc" Ward died Apr. 14 in Belleville, N.J. He was 89. He had maintained a pediatric medical practice in Belleville until he retired six years ago. Before that he had offices in Newark and East Orange.

Doc served as physician to several organizations, including the Belleville and Bloomfield public schools, Newark YMCA Camp Kiamesha, Youth Consultation Service of New Jersey, and the Dr. William R. Ward Home, which bore his father's name.

Doc received the Golden Merit Award from the American Medical Assn. in 1987 for 50 years of distinguished service as a practicing physician.

While at Princeton, Doc was on the gym team and played in the orchestra. After graduating he attended Cornell medical school.

An Army Medical Corps capt. during WWII, he served in the Normandy, Rhineland, Ardennes, and central European campaigns.

He was active in church music and Christian education at the Vincent United Methodist Church, Old First Church in Newark, and the Wyoming Presbyterian Church in Milburn.

Doc was a trustee and a member of the board of directors of the Goodwill Mission in Newark and a volunteer pediatrician at the West Virginia Mountain Project and Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency in Buckhorn, Ky.

He is survived by Harriett, his wife of almost 60 years, two daughters, Patricia Snyder and Christine, and a son, Robert. The class extends its deepest sympathy to his family.

The Class 1933