Sir Arthur Hugh Ward (25 March 1906 – 1 November 1993) was a New Zealand accountant, dairy researcher and administrator, company director and university chancellor. He was born in

Spalding, Lincolnshire Spalding () is a market town on the River Welland in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. The town had a population of 31,588 at the 2011 census. The town is the administrative centre of the South Holland District. The town is ...

, England, in 1906. Ward was chancellor of

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

from 1976 to 1980. In the 1961 New Year Honours, Ward was appointed an

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, for services to the dairy industry, and he was promoted to Knight Commander of the same order, for services to the dairy industry and education, in the

1979 Queen's Birthday Honours The Queen's Birthday Honours 1979 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate ...

. He was awarded an honorary

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in 1991.

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1906 births 1993 deaths People from Spalding, Lincolnshire New Zealand accountants 20th-century New Zealand businesspeople English emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Chancellors of Massey University {{NewZealand-business-bio-stub