John Fergason, CPO/L, passed away in June after a short battle with cancer.
He was chief prosthetist and director of the division of orthotics and prosthetics for the Center for the Intrepid where he had worked since 2004.
From 1996 until 2004, Fergason was the director of the division of orthotics and prosthetics, department of rehabilitation, at the University of Washington.
He earned his bachelor’s degree at California State University, Fresno, in 1985, his prosthetics certificate at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1986, and his orthotics certificate at Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center in 1991, according to his LinkedIn page.