Thomas A. Ferguson (born 1950) is an American government official who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1998 to 2005.
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Ferguson was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1950.[1] He was educated at Lafayette College, receiving a B.A. in Economics.[1] He later completed an M.P.A. from the University of Southern California.[1]
Ferguson joined the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1974 as a quality assurance specialist.[1] In 1988, he became head of the Office of Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence.[1] He was later Deputy Assistant Director of Operations and Assistant Director of Research and Technology, in which capacity he chaired the New Currency Design Task Force.[1]
In 1998, Ferguson became Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.[1] He held this office until 2005.[1]
Since retiring from government service, Ferguson has run a consulting business based out of Howard County, Maryland.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Profile from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Archived 2011-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Profile from the International Association of Currency Affairs Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine