Ray Ward was an arena manager, consultant, and the sixty-second president of the International Association of Assembly Managers (IAAM). Ward was elected and served as president of IAAM from 1988 to 1989. He was the first and only president to graduate from the IAAM School for Public Facility Management at Oglebay in Wheeling, West Virginia, which began in 1987. During his time as president, Ward expanded IAAM's international involvement into England. Ward served as an arena manager for the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, also known as the McAfee coliseum, which opened in 1966. Drawing on his arena management experience he joined with Thomas P. Parkinson, and William Cunningham to consult for other arenas around the country.
Forms part of Touring Entertainment Industry Archive.
Correspondence, minutes, course materials, financial records, subject
files, printed material, legal documentation, and a cassette tape document the
activities of and Ray Ward's involvement with the International Association of
Assembly Managers (IAAM) and the IAAM School for Public Facility Management.
Records are arranged in accordance with the organizational structure of the
IAAM. The Board of Directors series includes meeting files from annual meetings
and mid-winter meetings, including meeting agendas, minutes, and
correspondence. The Trustees series references the IAAM Foundation, which
Ray Ward Collection, 1969-1997, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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