Zolton Ferency

Zolton Anton Ferency (June 30, 1922 – March 23, 1993) was an American lawyer, political activist and Professor of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University (MSU).

He served in World War II, and graduated from Michigan State University and the Detroit College of Law.

[1] He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Michigan in 1966, when he was defeated, as expected,[2] by George W. Romney.

[1] Ferency was elected to the Ingham County Board of Commissioners in 1980, and to the East Lansing City Council in 1991.

Ferency taught criminal justice at MSU from 1971 until his retirement in 1990.