He married Helen McVicar, veterinarian (born 1925 in Manly, NSW) in 1946 and they had five children, Deborah, Maggie Ferguson, Kate, John and Angus.
They lived at West Pennant Hills in North-western Sydney, moving to Canberra in 1974 and eventually Newcastle in 2008, where he died in 2011.
Extended collaboration with Professor Leslie Lazarus and Dr Margaret Stuart of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
Novel method to protect food protein from breakdown in the rumen with Dr Trevor Scott Polyunsaturated milk, cheese and meat products Endocrine society of Australia foundation member (1958) and President 1962-74.
Work with Dr Jim Watts, originator of soft rolling skin merino selection process.