Ferguson, Clarence Clyde, 1924-1983

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Dates:
Birth 1924-11-04
Death 1983-12-21

Biographical notes:

1924, Nov. 4 Wilmington, North Carolina Wilmington Born, Wilmington, North Carolina Son of Clarence Clyde and Georgeva (Owens) Ferguson 1942 1946 Served with United States Army; decorated with Bronze Star 1948 A.B., Ohio State University 1951 LL.B., Harvard University 1951 Admitted to Bar of Massachusetts 1951 1952 Teaching Fellow, Harvard Law School and Harvard College 1952 U.S. Representative to UNESCO Meeting in Havana 1952 D.I.L., Academia Interamericana de Derecho, Havana 1952 1954 Counsel to the Firm of Baltimore, Paulson and Canudo 1953 Admitted to the Bar of New York 1954, Feb. 14 Married Dolores Zimmerman; children: Claire Oberone Garcia, Hope Elizabeth, Eve Maria 1954 Special Legal Advisor to U.S. Mission to the United Nations 1954 1955 Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District, New York 1955 1962 Professor of Law, Rutgers University 1956 Named Outstanding Young Man in New Jersey by New Jersey Junior Chamber of Commerce 1961 1963 General Counsel, United States Commission on Civil Rights 1963 1969 Dean, Howard University School of Law 1964 Expert to United Nations Subcommittee on Race Discrimination 1967 Principal Drafter of UNESCO Statement on Race 1969 Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers University 1969 1970 Special Coordinator of Relief to civilian victims of the Nigerian Civil War 1970 1972 United States Ambassador to Uganda 1972 1973 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs 1973 Accorded personal rank of Ambassador 1973 1975 U.S. Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations 1975 1977 Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School 1977 1980 Professor of Law, Harvard Law School 1978 1983 President, American Society of International Law 1980 1983 Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School 1983, Dec. 21 Died, Boston, Massachusetts

From the guide to the Photographs, 1949-1984, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)

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Subjects:

  • Blackstone
  • Capital News Photos, photographer
  • Credit Impact Photos, photographer
  • Scurlock, photographer
  • Wagner International Photos, photographer

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Places:

  • Nigeria (as recorded)
  • Swaziland. (as recorded)
  • Swaziland (as recorded)
  • Nigeria. (as recorded)
  • Uganda. (as recorded)
  • Uganda (as recorded)

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