Ward has been married for 52 years to wife Doris Moore Ward with whom he has raised two daughters, Michelle Ward Taylor and Valerie Ward.Ĭouncilman Ward is dedicated to open, ethical, and efficient government for all citizens of Burlington.

Ward's outstanding and exemplary community service in 2017 with the prestigious Centennial Award. The North Carolina Bar Association, in conjunction with the Alamance County Bar Association, honored Mr. In October of 2011, he was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Currently, he serves as chair of the Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. He has served as the President and Vice President of the Alamance County Bar Association, President and Special Gifts Chairman of the Alamance County Heart Association, as Director of the North Carolina City Attorney's Association and as a member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina League of Municipalities. Ward is a member of the American and North Carolina Bar Associations and the Alamance County Bar Association. Since retiring from the City Attorney's position, Ward engages in the private practice of law in Burlington. In addition to his career as a City Attorney, Ward has held numerous adjunct faculty appointments in the Department of Adult and Community College Education at North Carolina State University, the Departments of Political Science at both the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Chapel Hill, at the Institute of Government (now the School of Government) at UNC-Chapel Hill, and at the North Carolina Central University School of Law. Ward has since earned a Masters in Public Administration from UNC-Chapel Hill, and a Doctorate of Education from North Carolina State University, where he was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Ward then went on to complete his Juris Doctor Degree at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1970. Ward was born and raised in Burlington and graduated from Walter Williams High School before attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1967. He was reelected to another four-year term on the City Council in 2015. The sign up sheet will be provided to the City Council at the start of the meeting and the Mayor will call on those signed up during the public comment period on the agenda. Councilman Bob Ward was elected to serve on the Burlington City Council in November of 2011 after his retirement from 39 years of service as Burlington's City Attorney.

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