Ward Hopkins Oliver

Ward Hopkins Oliver was born in Mobile, AL, the son of Percy Walker and Mary Ward Oliver. He was raised in nearby Stapleton, Baldwin County, where he graduated Baldwin County High School in 1948. He spent 1948-59 in the Navy. While stationed at NAS Corpus Christi, he attended Del Mar Junior College part time 1956-59. He graduated Southern Missionary College, Collegedale, TN with a BS in chemistry, 1961, and received a PhD in Organic Chemistry under Dr. Paul Tarrant in …