Chemist
Centurion, 1905–1930
Born 19 November 1861 in Albany, New York
Died 3 June 1930 in Hempstead, New York
Buried Albany Rural Cemetery
, Menands, New York
Proposed by Graham Lusk and William J. Schieffelin
Elected 6 May 1905 at age forty-three
Century Memorial
William Cashman Ferguson was a chemist of great ability, also a botanist who made valuable contributions to our knowledge of the wild flowers on Long Island. He graduated from the School of Mines, where he had studied under Chandler and Egleston. His improvements in copper analysis and production are recognized as permanent acquisitions. Curiously enough, his one affliction, that of great deafness, affected his career advantageously by enabling him to concentrate all his energies on his scientific work, while it did not detract from his pleasing and sympathetic personality.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1931 Century Association Yearbook