Ferguson to Receive Graduate Award for Achievement in Service
Published April 2007
Story Source: Christine Tew
The University of Missouri Graduate School recognizes one MU graduate each year for achievements that reach beyond their professional fields to the local, national and international communities.
Sixty-six years after finishing his doctoral degree in Soil Science, Carl E. Ferguson will receive the Graduate Award for Achievement in Service during the 2007 Graduate School Commencement at 8 p.m. Friday, May 11, at Mizzou Arena.
Ferguson's career includes work in developing countries to improve food production as a step toward economic stability, said Clark Gantzer, MU professor of soil conservation, and Stephen Anderson, professor of soil physics.
His international work covered Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and several countries in the Middle East. He has also endowed the Albrecht Leadership Fund, which provides for a campus-wide celebration of Earth Day and educational speakers on the benefits of sustainability.
The recipient of the Graduate Award for Achievement in Service must be nominated by his or her graduate program, and then selected by the Graduate Faculty Senate. Gantzer and Anderson nominated Ferguson this year. This recognition also funds a one-time, $5,000 fellowship award for a continuing graduate student in soil sciences.
Ferguson currently lives in Springfield, Mo., and is still involved with the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. He earned an undergraduate degree in agriculture from MU in 1938 and a Ph.D. in soil science in 1941.
