For those interested, the obituary for Stan from the Anacortes newspaper. Dick
Stanley H. Ward of Anacortes died July 28, 2002, at Harbor View Medical Center in Seattle. Stan was born in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, on Jan. 16, 1923. Stan served in the Canadian Air Force and Canadian Navy and remained a Canadian citizen. He obtained his bachelor's of science, master's of science and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto in 1949, 1950 and 1952, respectively. In the following seven years, he was totally engaged in contract mining geophysics with the McPhar group of companies. In 1959, he joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, where he started the Engineering Geosciences program. He remained there until he joined the University of Utah in 1970. He served 10 years as chairman of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah. In 1977 he formed the Earth Science Laboratory of the University of Utah Research Institute. In January of 1989 he "retired" from Utah so that he could orient his activities more toward industry. His industrial experience and research activities encompassed mining, geothermal, oil and gas, environmental, geotechnical, groundwater and lunar exploration plus ionospheric research. He was best known for his activities, pure and applied, in electromagnetic theory and strategies for exploration. During his 10 trips to Australia, his five trips to China, and three trips to Brazil, he assisted in developing applied geoscience programs in those countries. He was an Honorary Member of SEG and a Life Member of the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. After retirement Stan helped develop the environmental engineering program at the University of British Columbia and the special courses program in geotechnical engineering at the University of Arizona. Stan was preceded in death by his wife Shirley and is survived by his brother, Bob Ward of Tucson Ariz.; his sister, Greta King of Mesa, Ariz.; and one son, Steven Ward. His greatest pleasures were boating, the Flounder Bay Yacht Club, Merry Guys and Dolls, and his home in Anacortes A private memorial service will be held in his memory. No gifts or flowers, please. Donations may be made to the Shirley A. and Stanley H. Ward fund, SEG Foundation, PO Box 702740, Tulsa, OK. 74170-2740. Arrangements are under the care of Evans Funeral Chapel, Anacortes. The link to the above obituary for Stan is http://www.goanacortes.com/html/obituaries.html EOM NOTICE - This message and any attached files may contain information that is confidential and/or subject of legal privilege intended only for use by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this message in error and that any dissemination, copying or use of this message or attachment is strictly forbidden, as is the disclosure of the information therein. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and delete the message. _______________________________________________________ List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
