Obituary

Dennis H. Ferguson, associate professor of financial management at the School of Hotel Administration, died Nov. 2 after a battle with cancer.

Known to colleagues, students and friends as "Denny," Ferguson earned two degrees in hotel administration at Cornell, a B.S. in 1968 and a Ph.D. in 1981. He also held a B.A. in liberal arts from Duke University, awarded in 1965.

From 1969 to 1972, he served as assistant business manager of Cornell's Office of Computer Services. He was a research associate at the Hotel School from 1972 to 1975 and a lecturer from 1975 to 1981. He was named assistant professor of financial management at the school in 1981 and in 1987 was promoted to associate professor.

He was the co-author, with Hotel School Professor Florence Berger, of INNovation: Creativity Techniques for Hospitality Managers (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1990). He also co-wrote and published numerous articles in journals on hospitality management, among them the International Journal of Hospitality Management, Restaurant News and the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly.

He was the program coordinator for the Hotel School's Executive Education General Manager Program from 1994 until his death.

"Denny will be remembered for his wonderful sense of humor, his dedication to the school and our students, his basketball prowess and most certainly as a wonderful friend," said Hotel School Dean David Butler.

Ferguson is survived by his mother, Garnet Ferguson, of Springdale, Pa., and brother, Warren Ferguson, of Maryland. A memorial service will be held Monday, Dec. 3, at 11:30 a.m. in Sage Chapel on the Cornell campus, followed by a reception at the Statler Hotel's Grand Carrier Ballroom. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Denny Ferguson Memorial Fund, Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration, attn.: Leslie Millspaugh, 153 Statler Hall, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853, or to the Springdale United Presbyterian Church, 801 Pittsburgh St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15144.