Philip Henry Ward III ’42

Philip H. Ward died at home of congestive heart failure March 18, 2008.

Phil came to Princeton from Penn Charter School, where he had been on the golf and tennis teams. At Princeton he joined Cannon Club and roomed with Dick Boenning, Bob Thompson, and Charlton DeSaussure.

Immediately after graduation, Phil was mustered into the Army’s Field Artillery. In this capacity he participated in the invasions of Guam, Leyte, and Okinawa. For heroic service in these landings he received the Bronze Arrowhead, Bronze Star, Silver Star, and Purple Heart. He separated from the Army as a captain and shortly thereafter enrolled in Harvard Law School.

For many years, Phil practiced corporate law with the Philadelphia firm of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhodes. He argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1963 Bible-reading case Abington School District vs. Schempp.

In addition to working on his law practice, Phil was active in community affairs. He was chairman of the Committee of Seventy, vice president of the Philadelphia Crime Commission, and president of the Wilderness Club of Philadelphia.

To his wife, Margaretta; his daughter, Susan; and his son, Philip IV; the class sends its sympathy.