Claire Waters Ferguson
Claire Waters Ferguson (born 1936)[1] began skating at a young age and became a judge at age 16, working her way up to the national level and then to the Olympic level. She attended Michigan State University where she was a member of Alpha Phi and graduated with a degree in communication skills and English in 1957.
In 1992, Ferguson became the first woman in the 75-year history of the United States Figure Skating Association to be named its president (1992-1995). Ferguson was president during the 1994 Winter Olympics and the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding incident. Ferguson was also the first woman elected to the . She serves on the International Skating Union Council, the first U.S. woman to do so. She is on the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Sports Council and a member of the Jamestown, Rhode Island Town Council.
See also[]
- Tonya Harding and the attack on Kerrigan
References[]
External links[]
- U.S. Figure Skating web site
- Past Presidents of the USFSA
- Three U.S. Figure Skating Representatives Elected to ISU Positions
- Rhode Island Sports Council
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- People from Jamestown, Rhode Island
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