Background
Ferris, Robert Edmund was born on May 22, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Edmund H. and Rose M. (Collins) Ferris.
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Robert Edmund Ferris
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Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Illinois, 1939; Juris Doctor, University of Illinois, 1941.
Career
Member firm, McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner and predecessor firms, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1947-1988; of counsel, Gustafson, Stephens, Ferris, Forman & Hall, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, 1989-1994; retired, 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member Board Public Instruction Broward County, 1955-1958, chairman, 1958. Founding board of trustees Nova U. Chairman Planning and Zoning Board Plantation, Florida,1953-1968.
Chairman of the board of trustees Broward Community College, 1959-1971. President emeritus board visitors University of Illinois College Law, 1989-1990. Member University of Illinois President'county, University of Illinois Foundation With Army of the United States, 1941-1946.
Lieutenant colonel Reserve (retired). Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Broward County Bar Association, Lauderdale Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale Country Club, Kappa Delta Rho.
Connections
Married Jane H. Conybear, June 7, 1941. Children: Robert E., John F., Kathy J.
