Background
Foster, Mark Gardner was born on March 17, 1914 in Winfield, Kansas, United States. Son of Everett Kin and Harriet (Gardner) Foster.
Foster, Mark Gardner was born on March 17, 1914 in Winfield, Kansas, United States. Son of Everett Kin and Harriet (Gardner) Foster.
AB, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1939.
Physicist, Champion Paper & Fiber Company, Hamilton, Ohio., 1939-1941;
physicist, United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Washington, 1941-1945;
department head, Cornell Aero. Laboratory, Buffalo, 1945-1956;
principal physicist, Cornell Aero. Laboratory, Arlington, Virginia, 1957-1960;
director research, Crosley Division Alloy Valves and Control Corporation, Cincinnati, 1956-1957;
professor electrical engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1960-1979;
professor emeritus, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1979.
Consultant National Defense Research Council, Washington, 1951, General Electric, Waynesboro, Virginia, 1966, United States Army Foreign Science & Technology, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1969-1976.
Participant Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Charlottesville, 1979-1981. Volunteer income tax aide, Bloomington, 1987-1993. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Louella Turney, June 29, 1939. Children: Mary Ann, Charles, John.