Wilbur Hugh "Ping" Ferry

Wilbur Hugh "Ping" Ferry (1910-1995) was the vice president of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions from 1954 to 1969. Additionally, he was on the board of the DJB Foundation from 1970 until his death.

Ferry was born in Detroit. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932. He married his first wife, Jolyne Marie Gillier, in 1937 but later divorced her. Much later, he married Carol Bernstein Ferry in 1973.

Ferry worked at Earl Newsom & Company (ENCO), a public relations firm, from 1945 to 1954, and became a partner relatively quickly after starting there. At ENCO, he worked heavily with the Ford Foundation. During this time, he suggested the founding of the Fund for the Republic, a subsidiary of the Ford Foundation.

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