Ferguson, John H., 1951-2002
Dates
- Existence: 1951 - 2002
Biographical Information
John Hardwick Ferguson was born in 1951 in Gentry County, Missouri (MO). He graduated from King City High School in 1969, and went on to earn a Bachelors and Masters in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Missouri (Mizzou). In 1973, while attending Mizzou, John and other Mizzou students and faculty visited the agricultural facilities at Purdue University.
After graduation, John taught vocational agriculture in Fredericktown and Savannah, MO, before becoming a researcher and project manager for the DeKalb County Soil & Water District. At the time of his death, John was an agricultural engineering specialist for the University of Missouri Extension Service, and a paramedic and EMT with the Gentry County Ambulance Service. John passed away in 2002.