Ferguson, John: transcript of an audio interview (04-Jun-2014)
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History of Modern Biomedicine Interviews (Digital Collection);e2016109
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10.17636/01015975
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Interview with Mr John Ferguson, conducted by Ms Lynda Finn, for the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, 04 June 2014, in the School of History, Queen Mary University of London. Transcribed by Mrs Debra Gee, and edited by Ms Emma M. Jones and Professor Tilli Tansey. The editorial assistance, the project management and the technical support were undertaken by Ms Fiona Plowman, Mr Adam Wilkinson and Mr Alan Yabsley, respectively. Mr John Ferguson OBE BSc (Eng.) BA MA CEng FICE MIMechE FCIWEM FCIWM (b. 1927) worked at the Greater London Council’s (GLC) Department of Public Health Engineering from 1966 as a Project Manager for the Edmonton waste-to-energy plant and other capital developments for waste infrastructure. In the 1970s he was Head of the Design and Development Division of the Department, then its Deputy Director. From 1982 he was General Manager of the GLC’s Waste Management branch of public health engineering, until the GLC’s dissolution in 1985. He was appointed the Director of the new London Waste Regulation Authority in 1986, and worked there until its incorporation into the Environment Agency. In 1996 he became Chair of the Thames Regional Environment Protection Advisory Committee, and served until 1999. He was President of the Institute of Wastes Management (now CIWM) from 1990 to 1991, and of the International Solid Waste Association from 1998 to 2000.
Authors
Finn L
Ferguson J
Jones EM
Tansey EM
Gee D
Plowman F
Yabsley A
Wilkinson A