Background
Ferzacca, William was born on April 26, 1927 in Iron Mountain, Michigan, United States. Son of William Olando and Santina Maria (Bruno) Ferzacca.
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William Ferzacca
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Bachelor, Michigan State University, 1950; Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1957.
Career
Desk clerk Huron Hotel, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1948-1950. Assistant manager in training Hotel LaSalle, South Bend, Indiana, 1950-1952. Swing and assistant chef Midland (Michigan) Country Club, 1952-1954.
Head teacher Harding Day Nursery, Kalamazoo, 1954. Group teacher Nursery Foundation, St. Louis, 1954-1956, Michigan State Faculty Nursery School, East Lansing, Michigan, 1956-1957. Director Jewish Community Center, St. Louis, 1957-1959, national consultant for headstart, 1960-1963.
Teacher Child Guidance Clinic, 1959-1965. President, educational and child development consultant Learning Consultant, Inc., Clayton, Missouri, 1963-1998. Retired, 1998
Child development consultant Affton (Missouri) Lindbergh Early Childhood, 1992—1998, Edgewood Children's Center, Webster Groves, Missouri, 1965—1998, Clayton Public Schools, 1967—1978, Mehlville (Missouri) Public Schools Early Childhood, 1975—1998.
Teacher evaluation and assessment learning environmental, member committee early childhood Missouri Department Elementary and Secondary Education, 1989—1996. Member adjunct faculty St. Louis University School Social Work, 1993—1996, St. Louis Community College Meramec Campus, 1993—1996. Masters of teaching program Webster University, 1992—1995.
With United States Navy, 1945-1947.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman St. Louis County Family Services Commission, 1985—1994. Member Jazz Arts Foundation, Lexington, Kentucky, 2006—2008. Reviewer Human Studies Committee, St. Louis, 1986—1994.
Board directors Nursery Foundation, 1987—1989, Therapuetic Intervention Pre-School, Center Holistic Health, 1992. Member mental health disaster team American Red Cross, 1992—1996. Member Task Force Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Development Brochure.
Docent St. Louis Repertory Theater, 1998. Volunteer Southeast Head Start Center, Lexington, Kentucky, 2000—2006, Veterans Park Elementary School, Lexington, since 2000. Volunteer program., member advisory council Community Action Council.
Member child foster care review board Fayette County, State of Kentucky, 2004. Doctor of Philosophy mentor University Kentucky Graduate Center for Gerontology, 2008. Review board Kentucky Citizen Foster Care, 2003, Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2002—2007.
Member of Kentucky Citizen Foster Care (volunteer 2002-2007), Missouri Association Children with Learning Disabilities (board directors 1986-1989), Council Exceptional Children, Association Education Young Children, St. Louis Association Early Childhood Education (president 1957-1958), American Ortho-Psychiatric Association, American Board Psychotherapists, Kappa Delta Phi.
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Married Suzanne Rogers, September 19, 1953 (deceased 1997). Children: Steven, Matthew, Laurie. Married Ruth Hopewell, January 30, 1999.
