Gary Ferris
Gary Ferris (MET’87) of Glens Falls, N.Y., published Presidential Places: A Guide to the Historic Sites of U.S. Presidents (John F. Blair, 1999). Now he’s released an app of the same name, available for the iPhone and iPad. The app features detailed information on more than 900 historic sites connected to US presidents, from George Washington through Donald Trump, and directs users to the places where the presidents were born, went to school, worked, worshipped, married, died, are buried, and are honored. In addition to descriptive details and historical anecdotes, the app includes the physical addresses of sites, which, when tapped will launch a mapped route to the site. Gary is an ordained Christian minister who calls himself a “casual historian.” Retired from a career as a nonprofit executive, he works for the US Postal Service.
From the Winter-Spring 2018 issue.