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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorJohn S. Foster
Dates
September 18, 1922 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Foster, John S., 1922-
Additional Forms of Names
Foster, John S., Jr.
Foster, John Stuart, Jr.
Biography
Abstract
John S. Foster Jr. was Consultant and Vice-President at TRW, Inc. (1973-1994). Other institutional affiliations include the United States Department of Defense and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His research interests include nuclear physics and nuclear weapons.
Important Dates
September 18, 1922Birth, New Haven (Conn.).
1948Obtained BS, McGill University, Montréal (Québec).
1952Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1952 – 1965Division Leader, Experimental Physics (1952-1958); Associate Director (1958-1961); and Director (1961-1965), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore (Calif.).
1965Member, Ballistic Missile Defense Advisory Committee, Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), United States Department of Defense.
1965 – 1973Director of Defense Research and Engineering, United States Department of Defense, Washington (D.C.).
1973 – 1990Member, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
1973 – 1994Vice President, Energy Research and Development, Energy Systems Group (1973-1979); Vice President, Science and Technology, Energy Systems Group (1979-1988); and Consultant, Energy Systems Group (1988-1994), TRW, Inc, Euclid (Ohio).
1990 – 1993Chair, Defense Science Board, United States Department of Defense.
1992Awarded Enrico Fermi Award, United States Department of Energy.
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Foster, John Stuart,
Father.
Colleagues
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Additional
Institutions
Major Positions
Division Leader, Experimental Physics; Associate Director; and Director (Livermore campus).
TRW Inc. Systems and Energy
Vice President, Energy Research and Development; Vice President, Science and Technology; and Consultant.
United States. Defense Research and Engineering
Director.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
McGill University. Physics Department
Obtained BS (1948).
United States. Advanced Research Projects Agency
Member, Ballistic Missile Defense Advisory Committee.
United States. Defense Science Board
Chair.
United States. Department of Energy
Received 1992 Enrico Fermi Award.
United States. President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Member.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1952).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral history interview with John S. Foster, Jr., 1968 December 3, 15, and 1969 January 7.
Center for American History. University Archives
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78713, USA
Oral history interview with John S. Foster, Jr., 1991 August 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Jack P. Ruina, 1991 August 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Physicists advising on national security [sound recording], 2012 April 1.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Let robots do the dying / by Simon Ramo ; with an introduction by John S. Foster.