. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. A Remembrance of John Clifton Ward, 1921-1999 Donald R. Flook' and Joseph E. Bryant^ '971 Isabella Point Road, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia V8K 1T7, Canada (Retired from the Canadian Wildlife Service) 2447 Thessaly Circle, Ottawa, Ontario KIH 5W7, Canada — (Retired from the Canadian Wildlife Service) Flook, Donald R., and Joseph E. Bryant. 2001. A remembrance of John Clifton Ward, 1921-1999. Canadian Field- Naturalist 115(3): 517-519. John Clifton Ward (Clift) was born 10 January 1921 in Sexmith, Alberta, and died 21 November 1999 in Vi
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. A Remembrance of John Clifton Ward, 1921-1999 Donald R. Flook' and Joseph E. Bryant^ '971 Isabella Point Road, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia V8K 1T7, Canada (Retired from the Canadian Wildlife Service) 2447 Thessaly Circle, Ottawa, Ontario KIH 5W7, Canada — (Retired from the Canadian Wildlife Service) Flook, Donald R., and Joseph E. Bryant. 2001. A remembrance of John Clifton Ward, 1921-1999. Canadian Field- Naturalist 115(3): 517-519. John Clifton Ward (Clift) was born 10 January 1921 in Sexmith, Alberta, and died 21 November 1999 in Victoria, British Columbia. He was prede- ceased by his sisters Hazel McCann and Lona Waite, and his step-son Cleve. Mourning his passing are his wife, , now hving in Courtenay, British Columbia, his sons Scott in Canmore, Alberta, and Dean in Chesterville, Ontario, and step-daughter Cori-Lee in Victoria and their families including nine grand- children. Clift assumed responsibility early. He was only 7 years old when his father died and 13 when his mother died. He and his sisters, both older, helped each other while he lived with them first in Grand Prairie and then in Hythe, Alberta, where he com- pleted high school. He joined the RCAF in 1940 at 19 years of age and served overseas. On his discharge in 1945 he enrolled at the Uni- versity of Alberta and received his in zoology in 1949. He had an excellent undergraduate record and went on to complete an M. Sc. in zoology in 1951, also at the University of Alberta. He special- ized in Fisheries Management and Conservation under Dr. R. B. Miller. His thesis was on the biology of Arctic Grayling in the southern Athabasca drainage. (Ward 1951*) Clift joined the Canadian Wildlife Service in 1951 with the title of "Limnologist," to work as an advisor to the National Parks Service, later named Parks Canada. He continued in that role until he retired in 1976. During his career he was headquartered sequen- tially in
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