Harry Foster

FOSTER, HARRY E., 88, Professor Emeritus, of Crownsville, MD and Alsace, France (with dual American and French citizenship), died peacefully June 18 at home. He was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, on April 28, 1926, son of Harry C. Foster and Anna Foster Stevens. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Navy at Point Barrow, Alaska. In 1946, he worked with RAdm. Samuel Eliot Morison at the Office of Naval History. He served afterward as an Ensign in the Naval Reserve. In 1950, Professor Foster graduated from Dartmouth College and in1951 from Columbia University Library School. From July 1951 - December 1953 he was a cataloger for Enoch Pratt Free Library and January 1954 - February 1960 served as a Technical Counselor for the Maryland Division of Library Extension, State Department of Education. From March 1960 - March 1961 he was the Special Assistant for the 25th Anniversary Year for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. In August 1961, Professor Foster was hired by Dr. Andrew G. Truxal, as the Head Librarian and first full-time Faculty Member at Anne Arundel Community College in Severna Park and supervised the design and building of the Andrew G. Truxal Library at the Arnold Campus. He retired from the College in 1993 after thirty-two years of service. Professor Foster's interests included travel, art, music, architecture, and the occasional manhattan. He served on several County and Community historical preservation and conservation groups. He is survived by his beloved wife of fifty years, Liliane, of Crownsville, MD; his sister, Betty Rexroat (Jared); and family members in Macomb, Illinois. A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 29, at his residence in Crownsville, MD. Please consider an act of kindness in his memory for friends, and pets.