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Comments from daughter Frances Thorne Ferguson (only child)

Early Life b. Washington, DC, Apr. 24 1907 to John L. and Mary Gertrude (Smith) Thorne, married Helen Dorothy Lucas of Washington DC, 1930, one child, Frances Helen (Thorne) Ferguson, Sep 23 1931

Education Dunbar High School? Armstrong? Hampton Institute, 1926 Howard U, 1927-1929 BS, NY Univ, 1932

Career (Source: Who's Who in Colored America, year?) Mgr, Langston Terrace housing project, 1937-40 Mngt supr. Alley Dwelling Authority, Natl Capitol Housing Authority, 1940-1944 Mgr, Day Village housing project, Baltimore, MD 1944-45, Director, Racial Relations branch, Public Housing Administration, 1945-("present") Marshall Heights (Washington Post, 1977) Federal housing race relations advisor

Research Assistant, Dept. of Interior, 1935-1936 Mgmt Supv. PWA housing projects, Atlanta, Ga, Cleveland, OH and Atlantic City, NJ, 1936-37

Memberships Nat'l Association of Housing Officials, 1935 Natl Housing COnference NAACP Washington Urban League Middle Atlantic Regional Council, Frontiers of America Omega Psi Phi

Religion: Catholic

Residence: 904 S. Quinn St., Arlington, VA

References Who's Who in Colored America

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