Background
Foster, Austin Theophilus was born on September 24, 1892 in Derby Line, Vermont, United States. Son of John Gilman and Clara (Merriman) Foster.
Foster, Austin Theophilus was born on September 24, 1892 in Derby Line, Vermont, United States. Son of John Gilman and Clara (Merriman) Foster.
Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy, 1910. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Bachelor of Laws, 1917.
1 son, John Gilman; married second Marjorie McIntosh, 1943. Admitted to New York bar, 1920. With American Sugar Refining Company.
New York City, 1919-1920, Brown Brothers & Company, 1920-1924. Partner Colahan, Stanley, Knollenberg & Foster, 1924-1928. Counsel Vacuum Oil Corporation, 1928-1931, Socony-Vacuum Oil Corporation, Inc., 1931-1948, general counsel since 1948.
Chairman treaty committee National Foreign Trade Council. Director Community Service Society, Pan American Society.
Served as First lieutenant, aviation Field Artillery, United States Army, World War I. Member American, New York State bar associations, New York Company Lawyers Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, American Society International Law, Academy Political Science, Council Foreign Relations. Clubs: Harvard, University (New York City).
Married Helen Phelps, 1918.; married second Marjorie McIntosh, 1943.