Clarence Clyde Ferguson Junior

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Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. (born November 4, 1924 in Wilmington , North Carolina , † December 21, 1983 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an ambassador to the United States .

Life

Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr.'s parents were Georgena Owens Ferguson and Clarence Clyde Ferguson, a US envoy.

He was used by the US Army from 1943 to 1946 in the Battle of Normandy and the following battles in Europe and received the Bronze Star . He worked in the Legal Aid Office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People .

In 1948 he received a Bachelor of Arts from Ohio State University and in 1951 a Bachelor of Law from Harvard University. In 1966 Rutgers University awarded him a doctorate in law and in 1976 Williams College a doctoral hat.

He married the artist Dolores Zimmermann on February 14, 1954, their children are Claire Oberon, Hope and Eve Ferguson. Ferguson was a professor of law .

Ferguson was responsible for a UNESCO declaration on race in 1967. He is considered one of the fathers of affirmative action .

In 1969 Richard Nixon appointed him Ambassador-at-Large (regional envoy) for the Biafra War and coordinator for civil aid. From 1973 to 1975 he represented the US government at the United Nations Economic and Social Council . From 1978 to 1980 he was President of the American Society of International Law . Ferguson was a professor at Rutgers University and was Dean of Howard University School of Law from 1963 to 1969.From 1976 until his death, Ferguson taught and researched at Harvard Law School, an annual lecture, the C Clyde Ferguson Annual Lecture at Howard University School of Law, as well as the Clyde Ferguson Award from the Association of American Law Schools, is named after Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich .: Thomson Gale. 2007
  2. ↑ American Society of International Law: Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.asil.org
  3. ↑ C Clyde Ferguson Annual Lecture: Archive link ( Memento of the original of November 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.law.howard.edu  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / usun.state.gov
  4. ↑ obituary
predecessor Office successor
Henry Endicott Stebbins US Ambassador to Kampala
May 1970 to 1972 		Thomas Patrick Melady
personal data
SURNAME Ferguson, Clarence Clyde Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferguson, Clarence Clyde Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US Ambassador to Uganda
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilmington , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1983
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts