Wardwell, Walter I.

Professor of sociology, University of Connecticut. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 August 1918. Wardwell was appointed as an instructor in Sociology at the University of Connecticut in 1949, later promoted to Professor and retired in 1984 after a 35 year teaching career.

Walter I. Wardwell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 23 August 1918. He attended Harvard University (A.B., 1940; M.A., 1947; Ph.D., 1951). During World War II, Wardwell served as Assistant Professor of Military Science at M.I.T. and Tufts College Medical School . He also served as Commandant of the Army Specialized Training Unit (ASTU) at Tufts.

In 1949, Wardwell was appointed instructor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Connecticut . He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1952 and to Professor in 1966. He retired in 1984 after a 35 year teaching career at the University.

During Wardwell's years with the Department of Sociology, he served on numerous University committees, including the Growth and Development Committee of the University Senate, the Environmental Studies Task Force, and the Housing Policy Committee, of which he was chairman. He has been an active member of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) since 1952 and was president of the University of Connecticut Chapter from 1954 to 1955. He has also served as chairman of the Contract Committee for the University chapter.

Wardwell's fields of specialization are socal organizations and institutions, medical sociology, and sociology of the professions. He has authored numerous journal articles and his essays have appeared in several books on the sociology of helath and of the professions. Wardwell has served as a consultant to the Heart Disease Control Programs and the Division of Medical Care Administration of the U.S. Public Health Service.