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News Of Members Ronald Ward Tn 1972, Mr. Ronald Ward, a former President of the Institute, decided to -*• resign from the Council, and we feel that this event calls for some further information on the part Mr. Ward has played in the Institute's affairs over many years. Mr. Ward, who is predominantly an architect amongst several other distinguished careers, is well-known in the architectural world for his great versatility: results include England's first skyscraper—Millbank Tower in London—and Dungeness Lighthouse. Mr. Ward joined the Institute in 1936, the same year in which he founded his architectural practice of Ronald Ward & Partners, with practices in Great Britain, Ireland and West Africa. During the war Mr. Ward served in the corps of Royal Engineers and was in France with the British Expeditionary Force in 1939. At the time of his demobilisation he was a Lieutenant Colonel, but it is typical of his modesty that he makes no reference to this now. It was after the war that Mr. Ward displayed his real qualities of being "a businessman with an architectural training". The size of his practice bears witness to this, but also the fact that he is a Director of the Abbey National Building Society (assets over £2,000,000,000) a West End Director of Phoenix Assurance Company and an Underwriting Name at Lloyd's. He has also been President of the City Livery Club, Master of the Guild of Freemen, Chairman of Queenhithe Ward Club and Master of the Worshipful Company of Horners. In his spare time he has written books, travelled prodigiously and served on several missions, such as the Housing Study Group for this country to Canada. All this without reference to the work he has done for the Institute to which we now refer. Mr. Ward joined the Council in 1956 and very soon afterwards, in 1959, was elected President. At that time the Institute was at a low ebb and meeting problems on all sides, including publication of the Journal. Mr. Ward set himself to improve this situation and was not afraid to take off his jacket and write parts of the Journal himself. Indeed, when he retired from the Chair, the illuminated address donated him said "He spared no efforts to advance the interest of the Institute at home and overseas, and contributed in no small measure to the furtherance of a sound practice of arbitration by writing and publishing in the Journal of the Institute exhaustive notes concerning procedure in Arbitration". Since that time, Mr. Ward has continued to make himself available for advice and assistance to anyone connected with the Institute and we hope that, notwithstanding his retirement from Council, this facility will continue to be afforded to us. Mr. R. D. Wood (F) has recently had a book published entitled "Building & Civil Engineering Claims". Mr. Wood, who has written books previously, deals this time with the legal and financial aspects of claims from the three Standard Forms of Contract, viz, the R.I.B.A., I.C.E. and CCC/WKS/1. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian International Arbitration Journal Kluwer Law International

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Asian International Arbitration Journal , Volume 40 (1): 1 – Feb 1, 1973
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Ronald Ward Tn 1972, Mr. Ronald Ward, a former President of the Institute, decided to -*• resign from the Council, and we feel that this event calls for some further information on the part Mr. Ward has played in the Institute's affairs over many years. Mr. Ward, who is predominantly an architect amongst several other distinguished careers, is well-known in the architectural world for his great versatility: results include England's first skyscraper—Millbank Tower in London—and Dungeness Lighthouse. Mr. Ward joined the Institute in 1936, the same year in which he founded his architectural practice of Ronald Ward & Partners, with practices in Great Britain, Ireland and West Africa. During the war Mr. Ward served in the corps of Royal Engineers and was in France with the British Expeditionary Force in 1939. At the time of his demobilisation he was a Lieutenant Colonel, but it is typical of his modesty that he makes no reference to this now. It was after the war that Mr. Ward displayed his real qualities of being "a businessman with an architectural training". The size of his practice bears witness to this, but also the fact that he is a Director of the Abbey National Building Society (assets over £2,000,000,000) a West End Director of Phoenix Assurance Company and an Underwriting Name at Lloyd's. He has also been President of the City Livery Club, Master of the Guild of Freemen, Chairman of Queenhithe Ward Club and Master of the Worshipful Company of Horners. In his spare time he has written books, travelled prodigiously and served on several missions, such as the Housing Study Group for this country to Canada. All this without reference to the work he has done for the Institute to which we now refer. Mr. Ward joined the Council in 1956 and very soon afterwards, in 1959, was elected President. At that time the Institute was at a low ebb and meeting problems on all sides, including publication of the Journal. Mr. Ward set himself to improve this situation and was not afraid to take off his jacket and write parts of the Journal himself. Indeed, when he retired from the Chair, the illuminated address donated him said "He spared no efforts to advance the interest of the Institute at home and overseas, and contributed in no small measure to the furtherance of a sound practice of arbitration by writing and publishing in the Journal of the Institute exhaustive notes concerning procedure in Arbitration". Since that time, Mr. Ward has continued to make himself available for advice and assistance to anyone connected with the Institute and we hope that, notwithstanding his retirement from Council, this facility will continue to be afforded to us. Mr. R. D. Wood (F) has recently had a book published entitled "Building & Civil Engineering Claims". Mr. Wood, who has written books previously, deals this time with the legal and financial aspects of claims from the three Standard Forms of Contract, viz, the R.I.B.A., I.C.E. and CCC/WKS/1.

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Asian International Arbitration Journal – Kluwer Law International

Published: Feb 1, 1973

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