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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
Scholarship established at Marshall to honor memory of Greg Ferguson
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Family and friends of John Gregory Ferguson have established a scholarship at Marshall University to honor the memory of the lifelong resident of Wayne County, W.Va.
The Greg Ferguson Memorial Scholarship will be awarded each year to a graduating senior from Spring Valley, Tolsia or Wayne high schools in Wayne County who plans to be a full-time undergraduate student at Marshall University during the next academic year. First preference will be given to students who plan to major in any health care, human resources, business management or agricultural related field.
Ferguson was a 1978 graduate of Buffalo High School and graduated from West Virginia Institute of Technology and Marshall University. While in school he was an all-state high school football player and later a scholarship college football player. He was employed at Cabell Huntington Hospital for more than 23 years where he served as Director of Human Resources for more than 19 years. He was an avid cattleman and farmer, as well as a respected community member.
Clay Maddox, a 2005 graduate of Spring Valley High School, whose father Jeff was a close friend of Ferguson, was an honorary recipient of the award. The first recipient of the $500 scholarship is Earl S. Robinson III, a 2006 graduate of Spring Valley High School.
The Ferguson family has expressed appreciation to all those who helped make this scholarship possible.
For further information about the scholarship or to learn how to make a donation, call the development office at Marshall University at (304) 696-6214.