Background
Ferguson, James A. was born on August 22, 1915 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Ward Smith and Ethel Ann (Gray) Ferguson.
Ferguson, James A. was born on August 22, 1915 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Ward Smith and Ethel Ann (Gray) Ferguson.
A.S., Grand Rapids Junior College, 1934; Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan, 1939.
Intern, St. Joseph's Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, 1939-1940; resident in surgery, Multnomah County Hospital, U. Oregon, Portland, 1940-1941; resident in surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, 1945-1948; practice medicine specializing in colon and rectal diseases, Grand Rapids, 1948-1979; senior surgeon, Chairman, Board Of Directors, Ferguson Hospital staff physician, VA Outpatient Clinic, Fort Myers, Florida, since 1980.
Served with Medical Corps Army of the United States and United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. American College of Surgeons fellow. Member American Medical Association, Frederick Coller Surgical Society, American Society Colon and Rectal Surgeons (president 1970), Michigan Medical Society, Florida Medical Society, Lee County Medical Society, Kent County Medical Society (president 1968), Royal Society Medicine (honorary).
Married Margaret Alice Bevan, June 25, 1940. Children– Bevany Ann Ferguson Farmer, Margaret Ferguson Booras, James A World War II.