Background
Ferguson, Tracy Heiman was born on September 2, 1910 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of George Joshua and Fannie (Heiman) Ferguson.
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Ferguson, Tracy Heiman was born on September 2, 1910 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of George Joshua and Fannie (Heiman) Ferguson.
Syracuse University (Bachelor of Arts, 1931). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1934).
Worked at Bond, Schoeneck & King, Limited Liability Partnership (Syracuse, New York) specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Banking, Bankruptcy, Bonding and Corporate Finance, Construction, Corporate, Creditors" Rights, Emerging Business, Employee Benefits, Employment Law Litigation, Environmental, Estate Planning, First Amendment, Health Care, Higher Education, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Legislative, Media, Municipal, Pension, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, School, Taxation, White Collar Criminal Defense and Zoning Law. Admitted to the bar, 1935, New New York
1942, United States.
Supreme Court. Lecturer, New York State Practice and Procedure, Syracuse University College of Law, 1946-1948. Alternate Industry Member, Wage Stabilization Board, Region II, 1951-1952.
Member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 1963-1982. Member, Labor-Management Advisory Panel to New York State Board of Mediation, 1969-1978.
Member, National Advisory Panel, New York University Conference on Labor, 1971-1984.
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Miami Law School, Coral Gables, Florida, 1978-1979. Adjunct Professor of Law, Nova Law Center, Fort Lauderdale, 1979. Adjunct Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University, 1981-1983.
Lecturer, Syracuse University School of Management and College Law, 1987-1990.
Upstate Chairman, Industrial Relations Research Association Chapter, 1981-1983. Recipient: Distinguished Lawyer Award, Onondaga County Bar Association, 1987.
Whitney North Seymour Arbitration Award, American Arbitration Association, 1988. Member: Onondaga County, New York State (Chairman, Labor Law Committee, 1964-1966), and American (Chairman, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1963-1964.
Member of Council, 1957-1966 and Honorary Member of Council, 1973.
Section Delegate, House of Delegates, 1965-1966) Bar Associations. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. New York Bar Foundation.
Onondaga County Bar Foundation.
Fellow Emeritus, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, 1996. (Retired)
Since 1897 Bond, Schoeneck & King has grown to become one of the 250 largest law firms in the United States.
From a general practice, the firm now includes 21 distinct practice areas with offices in eight cities and three states.
Industry member New York-New Jersey Regional Wage Stabilization Board, 1951-1952. Vice president Citizens Foundation Syracuse, 1949-1950. National vice chairman junior division American Jewish Joint Distribution, 1937.
Chairman Syracuse Jewish Welfare Federation, 1950-1951, 62, president, 1951. Chairman Onondaga County chapter March of Dimes, 1956. Member labor management advisory panel New York State Mediation Board, 1969-1978.
Member national advisory committee New York University Institute Labor Relations, 1968-1983. President Republican Citiznes Committee Onondaga County, 1962-1963. Regent Le Moyne College College, Syracuse, 1967-1972.
Board directors, secretary Cmty.-General Hospital Greater Syracuse, 1967-1974, honorary director, since 1976. Former board directors Midtown Hospital, Syracuse, United Community Chest and Council. Trustee Onondaga County Community College, 1961-1966, Cazenovia College, 1965-1966, Syracuse Public Library., 1965-1969, trustee, executive committee Union of America Hebrew Congregations, 1968-1983.
Board directors North America Board, World Union for Progressive Judaism, 1981-1983. Chairman Central New York chapter United Negro College Fund, since 1989. Member National Advisory Council United States Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East, since 1989.
Member Cultural Resources Council of Syracuse and Onondage County, 1975-1981. Lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation, New York State Bar Association (chairman labor law committee 1964-1966).
Member American Bar Association (chairman labor relations law section 1963-1964, member council 1957-1966, honorary member council since 1973, section delegate 1965-1966), Federal Bar Association (president New York upstate chapter 1973-1974, member national council), Onondaga County Bar Association (Lawyer of Distinction award 1987), American Arbitration Association (board directors 1962-1982, member executive committee 1977-1979, former chairman New York State advisory council, recipient Whitney North Seymour Senior Arbitration medal, 1988), Industrial Relations Research Association Central New York (co-president 1979-1980).
Married Babbette R. Oberdorfer, December 22, 1938. Children: Babbette Tracy, Earl Mark.