Background
Fergus, Ernest Newton was born on March 19, 1892 in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. Son of John Shannon and Jennie Alice (Stoner) Fergus.
Fergus, Ernest Newton was born on March 19, 1892 in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. Son of John Shannon and Jennie Alice (Stoner) Fergus.
Bachelor of Science Ohio State University, 1916, Master of Science, 1918. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1931.
Assistant in soils and crops Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, 1918-1920. Instructor in farm crops U. Kentucky, 1920, assistant professor, 1923, associate professor, 1928, professor, 1938, professor agronomy, 1962-1964, professor emeritus, 1964-1985. Area director graduate study, 1952-1962.
Agronomist in charge pasture and forage corps investigations, Kentucky Agricultural Experimental Station, 1936-1954, agronomist charge crops section, 1954-1962.
Collaborator in forage crops research unites states department of Agriculture, 1936-1961. Director Kentucky Research Foundation, 1945-1964, vice president, 1959-1964.
Director visiting scientists program Kentucky Academy Science and National Science Foundation, from 1964. Secretary agronomy section Association Southern Agricultural Workers, 1938-1939, vice chairman, 1939-1941, chairman, 1941-1942.
Member planning conference of National Foundation Seed Project, 1951-1956.
Southern Seedsmen’s Manitoba of Year award, 1954.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy (chairman division agronomic application 1951, division agronomic education 1952, division crop production, management 1953). Member American Association University Professors, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta.
Married Audrey Smith, March 11, 1916 (deceased). Children: Janet Ann (Mistress George Francis Spragens), Charles Shannon.