title: John Thomas Ferguson
text: # John Thomas Ferguson
  
  John Thomas Ferguson (born December 21, 1941) is a Canadian real estate developer. He served as Chancellor of the University of Alberta from 2000 to 2004.
  
  Ferguson attended the University of Alberta and earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1964. He worked as a chartered accountant and for an oil and gas company as treasurer and vice president. He founded Princeton Developments Ltd in 1975, a real estate development firm and "world leader in cold-weather climate property development". Ferguson was the Chairman of the University of Alberta Board of Governors from 1994 to 1997.
  
  