Ferguson earned the AB degree from
Dartmouth College and the MLA (Master of Landscape Architecture) from the
University of Pennsylvania in the department led by
Ian L. McHarg. He practiced landscape architecture full-time for five years in the
Pittsburgh area, and then taught for two years at
Pennsylvania State University while serving as Faculty Advisor in the
United States Bureau of Mines Environmental Protection Division on amelioration of
acid mine drainage from abandoned coal mines. In 1982 he began teaching at the
University of Georgia, where he eventually became Dan B. Franklin Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture. Ferguson is Past President of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. ==Recognition==