Background
Foster, Stephen Kent was born on December 14, 1936 in St. Louis. Son of John William and Josephine Fladune (Bushman) Foster.
Foster, Stephen Kent was born on December 14, 1936 in St. Louis. Son of John William and Josephine Fladune (Bushman) Foster.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin, 1959; Master of Business Administration (H.B. Earhart fellow), University of Wisconsin, 1964.
Assistant export manager, Cargill, Inc., Portland, Oregon, 1959-1961; with, 1st Interstate Bank Oregon (formerly 1st National Bank Oregon), Portland, 1964-1981; senior vice president loan administration, 1st Interstate Bank Oregon (formerly 1st National Bank Oregon), Portland, 1973-1975; senior vice president branch and loan administration, 1st Interstate Bank Oregon (formerly 1st National Bank Oregon), Portland, 1975-1976; executive vice president, 1st Interstate Bank Oregon (formerly 1st National Bank Oregon), Portland, 1976-1981; executive vice president, First State Bank Oregon (later Pacific Western Bank), Milwaukie, 1981-1982; president, chief operating officer, director, Pacific Western Bank, Milwaukie, 1983-1986; senior vice president, Pacwest Bancorp, 1981-1983; president, Pacwest Bancorp, 1983-1986; president, chief administrative officer, Key Bank of Oregon, 1986-1989; also board directors, member Executive Committee, Key Bank of Oregon private investor, since 1990. Board directors, treasurer Lake Oswego Corporation. Governor's appointment to Oregon State Banking Board, 1985, chairman, 1986, member, 1987-1989.
Board directors United Cerebral Palsy of Northwest Oregon, 1967-1980. Board directors Oregon Council on Economic Education, 1970-1980, Portland Opera Association, 1970-1974, United Way of Columbia-Willamette, 1973-1975, Oregon Indiana College Foundation, 1983-1991, vice chairman, 1985-1991, member executive committee, 1985-1991. Board regents University Portland, 1976-1988, member finance committee, 1976-1978, member executive committee, 1979-1988, chairman academy affairs committee, 1980-1988, chairman presidential review committee, 1981.
Member advisory council chair Entrepreneurship, 1998-2001. Trustee St. Vincent's Hospital Medical Foundation, 1986-1990. Served with United States Army, 1958, 61-62.
Member Portland Chamber of Commerce, Oregon Association Credit Management (Leadership Service award 1973), American Bankers Association, Robert Morris Associates, American Finance Association, National Association Accountants (Educational and Service award 1971), Senior's Northwest Golf Association, Arlington Club (board directors 1986-1989, treasurer 1987-1988, Second vice president 1988-1990), University Club Portland (board directors 1986-1995, chairman library and reciprocal members, secretary 1990-1991, chairman membership committee 1991-1992, treasurer 1992-1993, vice president 1993-1994, president 1994-1995), Waverley Country Club (long-range planning committee 1990-1994), Astoria Golf and Country Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Beta Gamma Sigma, Sigma Chi.
Married Rosanne Pleier, September 13, 1958. Children: John Andrew, Stephanie Mary.