Background
Foster, Barbara Melanie was born on April 21, 1945 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Marvin and Evelyne Marilyn (Caro) Litz.
Foster, Barbara Melanie was born on April 21, 1945 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Marvin and Evelyne Marilyn (Caro) Litz.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Ohio U., 1967; Master of Science in Chemistry, U. Massachusetts, 1979; postgraduate, Brunel U., Uxbridge, England, 1979-1981.
Teacher science, Athens (Ohio) High School, 1967-1968; teacher science, West Springfield (Massachusetts) High School, 1968-1981; consultant, owner, Microscopy/Microscopy Education, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1981-1984; director Technology Applications Group, Unitron, Inc., Plainville, New York, 1984; field product specialist, adjunct member marketing management group, Carl Zeiss, Inc., Thornwood, New York, 1984-1986; applications manager research microscopy, Cambridge Instruments, Buffalo, 1986-1987; manager product development, Cambridge Instruments, Buffalo, 1988; manager educational marketing, Cambridge Instruments, Buffalo, 1988-1989; manager technical marketing, Sarastro, Inc., Philadelphia and Bethel, Connecticut, 1989-1991; chief operating officer, FM2, Bethel, Connecticut, 1990; consultant, owner, Microscopy/Marketing & Education, Springfield, since 1989. Coordinator, principal lecturer short courses American College of Surgeons, since 1982.
Building representative West Springfield Education Association, 1970, salary representative, negotiations committee, 1971, chair committee 1972, 73, consultant committee 1974. Founder, president N.E. Association Microscopists, 1981-1985. Fellow Royal Microscopical Society.
Member American Society Materials, Microscopy Society American, American Chemical Society.
Married John Michael Foster, September 4, 1966 (divorced March 1984). Married Kenneth Martin Piel, November 30, 1991.