Roger W. Ward

Roger and Kimberley Ward purchased Estemere in January 1998 and spent twelve years living in and restoring the “Grand Old Lady” Estemere to her present glory. Roger graduated from McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, in 1967 with his BA degree in Physics. He received his MS degree in Physics from Purdue University in 1969. He began his career in quartz crystal physics at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, CA. After working for several quartz crystal companies, in 1983 Roger joined a small group in Salt Lake City, UT, working on quartz crystal sensors. They formed Quartzdyne, Inc. in 1990. Quartzdyne soon became the world-premier manufacturer of quartz crystal pressure sensors for down-hole oil and gas applications. Roger was president of Quartzdyne from its inception. In January 1998 Dover Corp. purchased Quartzdyne, and Roger retired to Estemere in July 1999.