Background
Ferguson was born in Wahroonga, the fourth child of Eustace William Ferguson and Jessie Perry.
Ferguson was born in Wahroonga, the fourth child of Eustace William Ferguson and Jessie Perry.
Primary: Mowbray House School, Chatswood, NSW
Secondary: Sydney Grammar School
Tertiary: University of Sydney
Post graduate: Christ"s College 1948-1951, Cambridge. Doctor of Philosophy. Title of thesis: The influence of the anterior pituitary on wool growth.
They lived at West Pennant Hills in North-western Sydney, moving to Canberra in 1974 and eventually Newcastle in 2008, where he died in 2011. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Purification and study of pituitary hormones with Alan Wallace. Extended collaboration with Professor Leslie Lazarus and Doctor Margaret Stuart of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
Novel method to protect food protein from breakdown in the rumen with Doctor Trevor Scott Polyunsaturated milk, cheese and meat products = Patents Method and food composition for feeding ruminants 1967 Amino acid supplements 1976 Scientific administration 1968: officer-in-charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Division of Animal physiology at Prospect, NSW 1973: chairman of the Animal Research Laboratories 1978 until retirement in 1986: director of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Institute of Animal and Food Sciences.
Ferguson was also one of the founders of the Endocrine Society of Australia, and was its president from 1972 to 1974. Endocrine society of Australia foundation member (1958) and President 1962-1974.
Work with Doctor Jim Watts, originator of soft rolling skin merino selection process. Unusually, his experimental scientific career is well documented.
The extensive records and effects have been bequeathed to the National Library of Australia.
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