Background
Foister, Robert Thomas was born on August 20, 1949 in High Point, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Welch and Roma (Williams) Foister.
Foister, Robert Thomas was born on August 20, 1949 in High Point, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Welch and Roma (Williams) Foister.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Guilford College, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Physics, U. North Carolina, 1977.
Postdoctoral fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1977-1979; visiting assistant professor, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1979-1980; from senior research scientist to principal, section manager polymers, General Motors Research, Warren, Michigan, since 1980. Lecturer Case Western Reserve U., 1989-1990, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1988-1989, Michigan State University, 1990, Gordon Conference on Adhesion, New Hampton, N.H.,1987.
United Way chairman General Motors Research laboratories, 1991. Youth soccer, basketball coach, Rochester Hills, Michigan, since 1988.
Married Nancy Growdon, August 17, 1974. Children: Peter Thomas, John Patrick.