Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster

Background

Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright was born on March 18, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Reginald Candler and Frances Helen (Hoar) Foster.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1951. BSF, University Michigan, 1953. Master of Science, University Michigan, 1956.

Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1969. Doctor of Public Administration (honorary), Suffolk University, 1971. Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1977.

Career

Executive secretary, Wildlife Conservation Inc., Boston, 1953-1955; consultant, Massachusetts Water Resources Commission, Boston, 1956-1959; commissioner, Massachusetts Department Natural Resources, Boston, 1959-1966; president, Nature Conservancy, Washington, 1966-1967; senior staff member, Conservation Foundation, Washington, 1967-1968; Chairman of the Board, N.E. Natural Resources Center, Boston, 1969-1970; secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office Environmental Affairs, Boston, 1971-1975; senior staff member, A. D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1976; professor environmental policy, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975-1976; dean School Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 1976-1981; visiting scholar, Stanford University, 1981-1982; research associate, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1982; scholar in residence, University of Virginia, 1983; president, W. Alton Jones Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1983. Adjunct Professor environmental studies Tufts U., 1984-1985. Visiting research professor ClarkU., 1985-1986.

Adjunct research fellow and lecturer Harvard University, since 1986. Visiting professor environmental studies Brown U., 1987. Consultant, lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster has been listed as a notable foundation officer, consultant, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee of numerous natural resources and educational organizations With United States Army, 1945-1947. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society American Foresters, American Water Resources Association, Harvard Club (Boston). M C.

Connections

Married Barbara Ann Duchaine, Sept 19, 1953. Children: Frances H., Jonathan R., Susan Foster Swensen.

Father:

Reginald Candler Foster

Mother:

Frances Helen (Hoar) Foster

Spouse:

Barbara Ann Duchaine

child:

Susan Foster Swensen Foster

child:

Frances H. Foster

child:

Jonathan R. Foster