1937

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Adrian L. Ward ’37 passed away Jan. 1, 2012.

He was born in Portland, Ore., and moved with his family to Menlo Park in 1925. He graduated from St. Joseph Grammar School in 1929, from Bellarmine Prep in 1933 and from Univ. of Santa Clara in 1937 with a business degree.

Adrian worked at President Hotel, Palo Alto, during school years and sales at Schwabacher/Fry, San Francisco until 1941 when he joined the Quartermaster Corps of the Air Force at Moffett Field. In 1945 he was released from the Army as Sergeant in an Altitude Training unit at Hickam Field, Hawaii. In 1945 he joined the sales force of Pacific Telephone Co. until 1954 when he went into the sporting goods business. He retired in 1977.

Adrian is preceded in death by his parents Adrian F. and Adele Ward and his sister, Jean Bone.

08 Nov 2018