William Ward (astronomer)
William Roger Ward was an American astronomer.
Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Ward studied mathematics and physics at University of Missouri, and completed a doctoral degree at California Institute of Technology. Over the course of his research career, he received the Brouwer Award from the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society in 2003, and the Gerard P. Kuiper Prize in 2011. He was granted fellowship by the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2015, he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Ward died of a brain tumor in Prescott, Arizona on September 20, 2018.
