Collection ID: FA1450

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Ward, F. Champion (1910-2007) and Ford Foundation
Extent:
3.42 Cubic Feet and 10 Hollinger Boxes
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and Content:

General Papers of F. Champion Ward

Biographical / Historical:

Frederick Champion Ward was born on December 29, 1910 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1932 and was awarded a master's in philosophy in 1935. He went on to earn a doctorate in philosophy from Yale in 1937. He taught philosophy and psychology from 1937 to 1945 at Denison University and, as Associate Dean, trained military officers for de-Nazification efforts in postwar Germany. After the war, Dr. Ward joined the faculty of the University of Chicago and served as Dean of the undergraduate Humanities Division from 1947 to 1954.

In 1954, Dr. Ward took leave from the university to travel to India for the Ford Foundation. Upon his return, he joined the Foundation as Director of the Overseas Development Program for the Middle East and Africa. He later became Deputy Vice President for International Programs. In 1965, he was promoted to Vice President of Education and Research, a position he held until 1967 when he became a Program Advisor to International Division's Office of the Vice President. He retired from the Foundation in 1977.

During the 1960s Dr. Ward served as Chairman of the White House Task Force on the Education of Gifted Persons and was a member of the UNESCO International Commission on the Development of Education.

After his retirement from the Foundation, Dr. Ward worked as a consultant for the World Bank, the Association of American Universities, and the Connecticut Board of Education. From 1978 to 1981, he was a senior consultant to the Board of the MacArthur Foundation and helped establish the "genius grant." Dr. Ward also served as Chancellor of the New School for Social Research in Manhattan from 1980 to 1983. He died on July 2, 2007 at the age of 96.

Acquisition information:
This material was donated and transferred to the RAC in 2016 by the Geoffrey C. Ward and was ingested by the RAC as Accession 2016:043.
Arrangement:

The collection is divided into two series.

The collection arrangement is as follows:

Series 1. Letters to/from VIPs, 1949-2007;

Series 2. Collected Papers, 1945-2007

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Open for research. Brittle or damaged items are available at the discretion of RAC.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

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LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
15 Dayton Avenue
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, United States
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