Berrylin June Ferguson ’77

BJ passed away July 23, 2016, at her home in Fox Chapel, Pa., surrounded by the love and warmth of her family. She grew up in Florida and spent large portions of her life in North Carolina and then in Pittsburgh.

It was a full and varied life for a woman who was a member of the women’s crew team at Princeton and who wrote her senior thesis on “Social Interactions at a Bird Feeder with Flocking Implications.”

BJ graduated from Duke University’s School of Medicine and did postgraduate work in surgery, otolaryngology, and medical mycology. She is well remembered for the skill and dedication she put into the care of her patients and for her extensive research and publications in the field of otolaryngology.

BJ was an associate professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s department of otolaryngology, and was chief of the school’s division of sino-nasal disorders and allergy. She was board-certified with the American Board of Otolaryngology, American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, and American Rhinologic Society.

She was an active member in the Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church community, whose support over the last few years gave her much comfort. She had much life in her years and was determined to explore the world — traveling from the Sahara to the Antarctic.

BJ was predeceased by her husband, Kenneth S. McCarthy Jr. She is survived by their children, Scott, Justin, Berryhill, Winston, and Merriweather; mother Jerry; and siblings Joann, Fran, Ginny, and Emmet.