J. Harris Ward, who retired last year as chairman of Commonwealth Edison Company, died Sunday in Chicago, where he lived. He was 66 years old and also had a home in Lake Forest, Ill.
Under Mr. Ward's direction, the Chicago‐based utility, with which he had been associated for 35 years, became a leader in developing nuclear power generation. By the time he retired the company had increased its capacity to three million kilowatts.
Mr. Ward, who received B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard, had been a director of several large corporations and a trustee of the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry. Before joining Edison, he had been with the National Recovery Administration in Washington and with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. here. In World War II he served with the War Production Board and in strategic bombing intelligence with the Army.
Surviving are his widow, the former Mary Godwin Van Etten; two sons, David and John; a brother; a sister, and three grandchildren.
Published in the August 2, 1974 edition of the New York (NY) Times
Under Mr. Ward's direction, the Chicago‐based utility, with which he had been associated for 35 years, became a leader in developing nuclear power generation. By the time he retired the company had increased its capacity to three million kilowatts.
Mr. Ward, who received B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard, had been a director of several large corporations and a trustee of the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry. Before joining Edison, he had been with the National Recovery Administration in Washington and with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. here. In World War II he served with the War Production Board and in strategic bombing intelligence with the Army.
Surviving are his widow, the former Mary Godwin Van Etten; two sons, David and John; a brother; a sister, and three grandchildren.
Published in the August 2, 1974 edition of the New York (NY) Times
J. Harris Ward, who retired last year as chairman of Commonwealth Edison Company, died Sunday in Chicago, where he lived. He was 66 years old and also had a home in Lake Forest, Ill.
Under Mr. Ward's direction, the Chicago‐based utility, with which he had been associated for 35 years, became a leader in developing nuclear power generation. By the time he retired the company had increased its capacity to three million kilowatts.
Mr. Ward, who received B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard, had been a director of several large corporations and a trustee of the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry. Before joining Edison, he had been with the National Recovery Administration in Washington and with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. here. In World War II he served with the War Production Board and in strategic bombing intelligence with the Army.
Surviving are his widow, the former Mary Godwin Van Etten; two sons, David and John; a brother; a sister, and three grandchildren.
Published in the August 2, 1974 edition of the New York (NY) Times
Under Mr. Ward's direction, the Chicago‐based utility, with which he had been associated for 35 years, became a leader in developing nuclear power generation. By the time he retired the company had increased its capacity to three million kilowatts.
Mr. Ward, who received B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard, had been a director of several large corporations and a trustee of the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry. Before joining Edison, he had been with the National Recovery Administration in Washington and with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. here. In World War II he served with the War Production Board and in strategic bombing intelligence with the Army.
Surviving are his widow, the former Mary Godwin Van Etten; two sons, David and John; a brother; a sister, and three grandchildren.
Published in the August 2, 1974 edition of the New York (NY) Times
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