Born June 25, 1939, in Prairie City, Ore., to one of the state’s oldest farm families, Jerry Ward today has a professional history in large-scale U.S. and international construction projects as long as his tanned, tattooed arms.
Ward is the managing partner in Klamath Falls, Ore.-based International Resource Development Group.
The Daily World newspaper in Aberdeen obtained a company profile and Ward’s resume from the city of Ocean Shores through a state open records request.
Ward is also proposing to build a timeshare resort in Ocean Shores.
His resume touts a construction and engineering background dating back to the late 1960s in Alaska with one of the original general engineering and construction companies involved in the development of Prudhoe Bay petroleum exploration fields on Alaska’s North Slope.
“I almost lost my hands to gangrene while working on the North Slope,” Ward said, holding up his hands to the an audience Thursday at the Port Angeles CrabHouse Restaurant, there to hear his presentation on a development proposal for the Rayonier pulp mill site.
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The rest of the story appears in the Sunday Peninsula Daily News.