Background
Foster, Lowell Walter was born on October 22, 1919 in Minneapolis. Son of Walter James and Ferne Constance (Edmunds) Foster.
Foster, Lowell Walter was born on October 22, 1919 in Minneapolis. Son of Walter James and Ferne Constance (Edmunds) Foster.
Graduate, United States Coast Guard Academy, 1944. Student, University Minnesota, 1950. Student, Minneapolis Institute Arts, 1953.
With Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, 1946—1977. Successively tool designer, lead tool designer, assistant supervisor tool design, lead standardization engineer, senior standardization engineer, principal standardization, 1974—1977. Director industry standards, 1977.
President Technology Concepts and Engineering International, since 1977, Lowell W. Foster Associates, Inc. Adviser drafting curriculum Minneapolis Public Schools, since 1973. Engineering consultant.
Technology adviser Ferris State College, Big Rapids, Michigan, since 1970. With United States Coast Guard, 1941-1946, PTO.
Active Viking council Boy Scouts American, 1956—1959, 1973—1977. Vice president John Ericsson School Parent-Teachers Association, since 1971. Board directors American National Standards Institute.
Fellow: Standards Engineers Society. Member: American Legion, Honeywell Engineers Club, Society Advancement of Management, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, Society Manufacturing Engineers, International Standards Organization.
Married Marion Jane Bjorklund, February 5, 1944. Children: Michael Lowell, Janette Marie, John Edward.