Ferguson, Clarence Clyde, 1924-1983

• 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)