Background
Foster, Walter Herbert was born on March 31, 1880 in LaGrange, Maine, United States. Son of Ernest Montgomery and Caroline (Banton) Foster.
Foster, Walter Herbert was born on March 31, 1880 in LaGrange, Maine, United States. Son of Ernest Montgomery and Caroline (Banton) Foster.
Educated Harvard College. Bachelor of Laws, University of Maine, 1905, Master of Laws, 1914.
Member law firm MacPherson & Foster, also attorney for Boston Elevated Railway Company, 1907-1910. Member firm Foster & Colby, 1910-1918. Practiced alone, Boston, 1919-1942.
Associated with Robert J. Holmes, 1936-1942. Acted as special assistant to attorney general of Massachusetts. Chairman Center Boston Cancer Control Committee (affiliated state board of health), 1940-1942.
Member Draft Advisory Board. Chief Compliance Commissioner West Palm Beach, Washington, 1942-1945, Civilian Production Administration, 1945-1946, Office of Housing Expediter, 1946-1947. Resumed practice of law, Boston, 1948.
Assistant attorney general Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and counsel to State Housing Board Veterans Housing Program, 1948-1949. Chief hearing commissioner, Non Performing Asset, Washington, 1951-1953. Private practice law, Boston, from 1958.
Member law firm MacPherson & Foster, also attorney for Boston Elevated Railway Company, 1907-1910. Member firm Foster & Colby, 1910-1918. Member Draft Advisory Board.
Member Society Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union, Harvard (Boston).
Married Gertrude Sullivan, Brookline, Massachusetts, October 23, 1909. Children: Daphne (Mistress George Maes Henderson), Walter Herbert Junior.