Emory University - Campus Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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There are some rare individuals who are able to view the broad hori- zons of higher education with vision and imagination while retaining a warm personal interest and concern with the people and problems of the present. Such a man is Judson Clements Ward Jr., vice-president and dean of the faculties at Emory. A native of Marietta, Judson Ward took his bache1or's and master's degrees at Emory and his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina. An outstanding teacher and writer in the field of history, he has taught at Birmingham-Southern College and at the U.S. Military Academy. His flair for administration took him from the teaching ranks and, at the age of 35, he became president of Georgia Teachers College and later assistant chancellor of the University System in Georgia. He was named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory in 1948 and elected vice-presi- dent and dean of the faculties in 1957. During 1962-63 while Emory searched for a president, Dr. Ward was a member of the three-man committee who administered the University. Called by a colleague the working member of the Troika, Judson Ward handled the business of the President's Office with wisdom and judgment. Under his leadership, Emory emerged from a difficult year strong and progressive. And, with all the responsibility placed at his door, Jake Ward always took time for students. He gave a friendly welcome to in- dividuals and spent many hours addressing groups and organizations. Throughout that year of pressures and problems, Vice-President Ward never lost his sparkling sense of humor. His greatest pride has been in Emory's students and he has publicly commended them on many occasions. He added a new dimension to formal graduation ceremonies by taking a moment to address graduating seniors and to express his pleasure at their achievements and the University's inter- est in them as individuals. Twice in the past, in 1951 and again in 1957, he has been chosen honorary senior by graduating classes. Dr. Judson C. Ward