Trenton Rock Ferro

Background

Ferro, Trenton Rock was born on February 8, 1939 in Yuma, Arizona, United States. Son of Jack Rock and Ruth Louise (Merrihew) Ferro.

Education

Bachelor, Concordia Senior College, 1961; Master of Divinity, MST, Concorida Theological Seminary, 1965, 66; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1975; Doctor of Education, Northern Illinois U., 1989.

Career

Pastor, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Henderson, Nevada, 1966-1969; pastor, First Lutheran Church, Southern San Fancisco, 1969-1972; graduate assistant, graduate associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1972-1975; teacher, department chair, Luther High School North, Chicago, 1977-1979; assistant pastor, education and youth, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Rockford, Illinois, 1979-1983; registrar, chaplain, teacher, Rockford Lutheran High School, 1983-1985; instructor, coordinator, Northern Illinois U., DeKalb, 1985-1987; president, director, Center for Christian Growth, Rockford, since 1987; assistant professor, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1989-1990; assistant professor, coordinator, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, since 1990. Teacher of gifted children Education Svc. Center #1, DeKalb, 1982-1983, Rockford, 1988-1989.

Resource person Augsburg Public House, Minneapolis, 1985-1990. Adjunct Professor National College of Education, Evanston, Illinois, 1988-1989. Member steering com.Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference, since 1986, co-chair, 1993.

Achievements

• Trenton Rock Ferro has been listed as a noteworthy Adult educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director, member committee, chairman planning committee Lutheran Campus Center Indiana U., Pennsylvania, since 1991. Member, chair, ad-hoc assessment Human Superior vena cava syndrome Council Indiana County, Pennsylvania, 1991. Facilitator, trainer Boy Scouts American, Rockford, Indiana, 1978-1992.

Various positions Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in American, Rockford, Muncie and Pittsburgh, since 1975. Member American Association for Adult and Cont. Education (column. editor since 1991, adult religious education unit co-chiar since 1991, commission on continuing professional education Executive Board since 1986), Religious Education Association (Executive Board since 1994), Committee of professors of Adult Education (SIG co-chair since 1991).

Interests

• Avocations: singing, music, reading, traveling.

Connections

Married Judy Ann Dickinson, September 5, 1964. Children: Jonathan, Timothy, Christopher, Nicholas.

Father:

Jack Rock Ferro

Mother:

Ruth Louise (Merrihew) Ferro

Spouse:

Judy Ann Dickinson

child:

Christopher Ferro

child:

Jonathan Ferro

child:

Timothy Ferro

child:

Nicholas Ferro