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).

Biography Ferency was born in Detroit, Michigan, in a Hungarian-American family. He served in World War II, and graduated from Michigan State University and the Detroit College of Law.

Ferency was a three-time chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party serving from 1963 to 1968. by George W. Romney. He also served as first President of the Human Rights Party, which he helped found in 1970

Ferency was elected to the Ingham County Board of Commissioners in 1980, and to the East Lansing City Council in 1991. He was serving on the city council at his death. and the Zolton Ferency Endowed Scholarship at MSU commemorate Ferency.