Background
Foster, Merrill White was born on March 18, 1939 in South Gate, California, United States. Son of Samuel Merrill and Ruth Duval (Johnson) Foster.
Geology and marine biology educator
Foster, Merrill White was born on March 18, 1939 in South Gate, California, United States. Son of Samuel Merrill and Ruth Duval (Johnson) Foster.
Associate of Arts, Pasadena City College, 1959; Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1961; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1970.
Graduate research assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1962;
teaching assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1962-1964;
teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1964-1966;
assistant investigator, Harvard University, National Science Foundation, Cambridge, 1966-1969;
instructor, assistant professor, associate professor department geological science, Bradley U., Peoria, Illinois, 1969-1978;
professor department chairman geological science, Bradley U., Peoria, since 1978. Lead teacher National Science Foundation Field Science, Peoria, 1979, 80, 81. Scientist in residence East Peoria School District, 1990.
Consultant in research.
(189 Pages)
Chairman Peoria City/County Landfill Committee, 1990-1992, Peoria County Solid Waste Advisory Committee. Member Illinois River Bluffs Ecosys. Partnership and LocalPartnership Council, since 1996.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Peoria Academy Science International Paleontological Association, Paleontological Society, Society Economics Paleontological and Minerals, Mid-American Paleontological Society, Paleontological Research Institute, Sigma Xi (past president local group), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Patricia Leigh Blodgett, September 1963 (divorced August 1971). Children: Warren Duval, Alden Lowell. Married Wilma Marie Rinsch, August, 1976 (divorced September 1984).
1 child, Jonathan David. Married Glenda Sugiura Hoppe, October 1989.