Luther Hilton Foster

Background

Foster, Luther Hilton was born on March 21, 1913 in Lawrenceville, Virginia, United States. Son of Luther Hilton and Daisy (Poole) Foster.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Virginia State College, 1932. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Virginia State College, 1959. Bachelor of Science, Hampton Institute, 1934.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hampton Institute, 1985. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1936. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1941.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1951. Doctor of Public Service (honorary), Adams State College, 1957. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Liberia, 1958.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Michigan, 1967. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Colby College, 1971. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Alabama, 1978.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tuskegee Institute, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1985. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Loyola University, Chicago, 1970.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Northeastern University, 1974. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Howard University, 1983. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Winston-Salem State University, 1983.

Career

Budget officer, Howard U., 1936-1940; business manager, Tuskegee Institute (name now Tuskegee U.), 1941-1953; president, Tuskegee Institute (name now Tuskegee U.), 1953-1981; president emeritus, Tuskegee Institute (name now Tuskegee U.), 1981-1994; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Robert R. Moton Memorial Institute, 1981-1986; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Foster Associations, Inc., 1986-1994. Trustee Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, 1957-1961. Member United States President' Adv.Commn. on International Ednl. and Cultural Exch., 1962-1968, President' General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Program, Agency for International Development, 1965-1968, National Advisory Committee on Black Higher Education, unites states department Education, 1979-1982.

Chairman of the Board Race Rels. Information Center, Nashville, 1968-1971. Director Joint Center for Political and Economics Studies, 1983-1994.

Achievements

• Luther Hilton Foster has been listed as a noteworthy university president, educational consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President United Negro College Fund, 1961-1963, chairman finance committee, 1979-1994, board directors. Trustee Resources for the Future, 1961-1979, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, 1957-1961. Trustee College Retirement Equities Fund, 1965-1984, TIAA Stock.

Member CREF, 1984-1987. Director Academy Educational Development, 1976-1994, Center Creative Leadership, 1982-1988, Norton Simon Inc., 1974-1983, Sears Roebuck and Company, 1975-1983. Member American Revolution Bicentenniel Commission 1966-1973.

Member Southern Regional Council, Overseas Development Council, Tuskegee Airmen, Alpha Phi Alpha, Sigma Pi Phi Boule.

Connections

Married Vera Adrienne Chandler, August 27, 1941. Children: Adrienne Maria, Luther Hilton III.

Father:

Luther Hilton Foster

Mother:

Daisy (Poole) Foster

Spouse:

Vera Adrienne Chandler

child:

Luther Hilton III Foster

child:

Adrienne Maria Foster