Background
Ferguson, Thomas Morgan was born on November 8, 1915 in Burnet, Texas, United States. Son of Thomas Anthony and Ruth Pauline (Morgan) Ferguson.
Ferguson, Thomas Morgan was born on November 8, 1915 in Burnet, Texas, United States. Son of Thomas Anthony and Ruth Pauline (Morgan) Ferguson.
Bachelor in Chemistry, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1936. Master of Science in Biology, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, in Zoology, 1954.
Teacher, coach, principal Agricultural and Mechanical Consolidated High School, College Station, 1936—1941. High school biology teacher Corpus Christi, Texas, 1941—1942. Civilian instructor AAFTTC, Chanute Field, Illinois and Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942—1943.
Instructor, then assistant professor biology Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1946—1952. Associate professor poultry science, 1955—1965. Professor, 1965—1979.
Professor emeritus, since 1979. Biochemist Interdeptl. Committee Nutrition National Defense.
Biochemist, nutrition survey team, Libya, 1957, Ethiopia, 58, Uruguay, 62. With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Federation American Societies Experimental Biology, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Institute Nutrition, Poultry Science Association, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi.
Married Grace Evelyn Barnett, August 28, 1938. Children: Thomas M., John F., Letitia R., Leonard P.