Paul D. Ward ’50

Paul died June 11, 2006, in Florida.

He was born in Oil City, Pa., in the shadow of the Drake oil well, America’s first. In high school he was class president for three years, a debater, and newspaper editor. At Princeton, he majored in English and was managing editor of the Nassau Lit and a member of Prospect Club.

In his early career he traveled extensively while working for three publishers in their school textbook divisions. In his “entrepreneurial phase,” he bought and ran a newspaper delivery service and a liquor store. Paul then became a public school teacher in New Jersey. Retiring after 20 years of teaching, he moved to Sarasota, where he was active with the Sarasota Princeton group, and, as he wrote at our 50th, used his time “to speculate with mind and money.”

Paul was a loving father, doting grandfather, and a joy to everyone he met. To Sylvia, his wife of more than 46 years; his son, Michael; his daughter, Kim; and five grandchildren, we extend our sympathies.