Catherine Rierson Foster

Background

Foster, Catherine Rierson was born on March 14, 1935 in Baltimore. Daughter of William Harman and Ella Fredericka (Magsamen) Rierson.

Education

Student, Baltimore City College, 1955; student, Johns Hopkins University, 1956-1957; student, Glendale College, 1962-1963.

Career

Secretary, Martin Company, Baltimore, 1956-1957; administrative secretary, Martin Company, Baltimore, 1957-1958; vice president, corporation secretary, Fostermation, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1971-1990; president, Chairman of the Board, Fostermation, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1990-1997. Retired; also board directors, Fostermation, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania private practice consultant, since 1997. Member of advisory committee Vocational/Technology School, Meadville, 1982-1986, export county We.

Pennsylvania District, since 1995, Meadville Area Industrial Commission, since 1996, Meadville Medical Center Board Corporators, since 1996. Member Western Pennsylvania District Export Council, 1995-1998.

Achievements

• Catherine Rierson Foster has been listed as a noteworthy Manufacturing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President La Crescents, La Crescenta, California, 1962. Active City Hospital Auxiliary, Meadville, 1969-1986, Republican Women's Workshop, Glendale, California, 1966-1968, Committee to Elect Ronald Reagan, Glendale, 1967. Board directors Young Women’s Christian Association, Meadville, 1988-1989, 98-2000, also chairman finance committee, 1988-1989.

Board directors Junior Achievement, Crawford County, Meadville, 1992-1994, Meadville Medical Center Foundation, 1999-2003. Member Daughters of the American Revolution (chapter regent 1989-1992), National Association of Female Executives, Service Corps Retired Executives, Rotary (president 1996-1997).

Interests

• Avocations: genealogy, history, bridge.

Connections

Married Morgan Lawrence Foster, November 17, 1957 (deceased January 1990). Children: Diana Kay, Susan Ann, Morgan Lawrence, Heather Lynne.

Father:

William Harman Rierson

Mother:

Ella Fredericka (Magsamen) Rierson

Spouse:

Morgan Lawrence Foster

child:

Diana Kay Foster

child:

Morgan Lawrence Foster

child:

Susan Ann Foster

child:

Heather Lynne Foster