John Condit Ward ’37

JACK DIED of melanoma cancer Sept. 1, 1992. He bore his terminal illness with courage and retained his sense of humor to the end. Jack majored in economics, earning second group honors. He worked his way through Princeton as a captain in Commons and as manager of the Distribution Agency. As an alumnus he retained close tics to Princeton and the Class of 1937. He was a regular attendant at Reunions and other '37 affairs and served on the executive committee.

His business career, after six years in Wall Street, was in personnel work. He was director of industrial relations at PanAmerican and Bridgeport Brass, before joining SterlingWinthrop in 1955. There he became V.P. for employee relations and, later, a corporate V.P. He was a past president of the N.Y. Industrial Relations Assn. and was active in other civic and community affairs in New York and in Rowayton, Conn., where he lived for 30 years.

Jack, whose only granddaughter, Kate Barr, was a SIDS victim in 1972, was heavily involved in the National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Foundation. He served as its president, chairman, and chairman emeritus. Jack and jean enjoyed tennis and fishing, especially surf fishing at Nantucket, where they vacationed each year. A memorial service was held at United Church of Rowayton on Sept. 4. He is survived by his widow, jean Hamilton Ward; two daughters, Anne W Barr and Leslie; two brothers, Ernest L. '29 and Douglas E. '35; and two grandchildren. Like them, we will miss Jack.

The Class of 1937