Background
II, Robert Elder Forster, was born on December 19, 1919 in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Montgomery and Gladys Marguerite (Jameson) F.
II, Robert Elder Forster, was born on December 19, 1919 in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Montgomery and Gladys Marguerite (Jameson) F.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1941; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1943; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1946-1947.
Intern, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1943-1944; assistant resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1947-1948; Life Insurance Medical Fund fellow, Department Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1948-1950; Lowell M. Palmer senior fellow, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1954-1956; assistant professor physiology, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1950-1954; associate professor, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1954-1958; professor, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1958-1970; Isaac Ott professor, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1959-1990; Isaac Ott professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, Philadelphia, since 1990; department chairman physiology, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1959-1970; chairman combined departments physiology in Graduate School Medicine and School Medical, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1970-1990; professor physiology in surgery, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1961-1990; professor pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, since 1977. Chairman finance committee Congress of International Union of Physiological Science, Washington, 1968. Member cardiovascular study section National Institutes of Health, 1960-1964, general clinical research center committee National Advisory Heart Council, 1964-1967, Advisory Council of Life Insurance Medical Research Fund, 1967-1970.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Federation for Clinical Research, American Physiological Society (president 1966-1967), American Society for Clinical investigation (member editorial board 1962-1967), American Thoracic Society, Biophysics Society, College Physicians Philadelphia, Society General Physiologists, Merion Cricket Club (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania), Duxbury (Massachusetts) Yacht Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Elizabeth-Hilbert Day, June 26, 1947. Children: Julia Bacon, Jameson, John Montgomery, Elizabeth Richards Forster Camerota.