70th President of the Maryland State Society Sons of the American Revolution 1993-1994
Lester Anderson Foster Jr.
(April 4,1929 – June 7, 2020)
70th President of the MDSSAR Elected 1993
Past MDSSAR President Lester Anderson Foster Jr. died at the age of 91 years old on Sunday June 7, 2020. He was a member of numerous hereditary societies. He was our 70th State President of the MDSSAR.
Family Life
Lester A. Foster Jr., born on April 4th, 1929 was the firstborn child to his parents, Lester A. Foster, and Annie Lee (nee Swink). His family called him by his initials L.A. His family lived in Granite Quarry, North Carolina. At the time of his birth, his father was a brick layer and stone mason and his mother was a telephone operator. Times were difficult for his parents when he was born because of the depression. His father had lost his car but had to support his family. His father went to work in DC during the depression and up to World War II they would visit him during the summer when school let out. His father built his stone house across the street from the local school and build a stone house. He also built the local church, Wittenberg Lutheran Church during the winter months when construction in Washington D.C. was halted. His parent's Family Bible was placed in the cornerstone of the church. His home was completed in 1939 and the church was finished in 1941 and they are considered both landmarks in the town of Granite Quarry. Lester was confirmed in the Lutheran church with the first class of candidates in the newly constructed building. In his personal life in 1955, Lester married Patricia White, a recent nursing school graduate of the Medical College of Virginia in 1953. They moved from the town of Sparrows Point to Dundalk, Maryland.
Academic Career
He participated in sports which included basketball and baseball. By high school, he became an outstanding athlete, participating in championship basketball tournaments and playing for three years in American Legion baseball teams. By his senior year in high school, he was recruited to join a professional baseball team, but his father would not allow him unless he earned a college degree. He received an athletic scholarship (1947) from Elon College to play both basketball and baseball. He was asked to play football for one season, and he did. He was one of five high school athletic scholarship recipients in his college class. He played on two baseball championship teams and one basketball runner-up championship team. Also, at Elon, Lester completed a double major in mathematics and physics in three years. The Dean and his professors suggested that he should at least pursue a master's degree to become a college instructor. However, with the tools of mathematics, he may be more suited to become an engineer. So, he transferred to North Carolina State University and in two years received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1952, with honors.
Work Life
Lester continued in steelmaking operations as an engineer and by 1965 he was promoted at the age of 36 to the title of Master Mechanic of one of the world's largest steel mills. He worked in the position of Master Mechanic for the steelmaking division of the next 18 years and demonstrated extensive engineering design, maintenance and operation as well as managing and administering personnel with an annual budget over $135 million. He obtained "Top Secret Clearance" by the FBI and joined the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and was part of the 1952 Looper class. Loopers were management employees and were given an eight-week course in corporate divisions and corporate policies of Bethlehem Steel Corporation Headquarters in PA. He was assigned to Sparrows Point Plant in Maryland in the Steel Operation Division and started looping through the different parts of the plant.
In 1992, Lester retired from Bethlehem Steel and formed a small company called L&M Consultants and Steel Plant Facilities Inc. He signed a consulting contract with Bethlehem Steel on an as needed basis. He also landed a contract with Voest Alpine since he demonstrated he could improve their continuous caster product. The small company operated until. 1999 until the steel industry ran out of money. After the end of L&M, Lester officially retired.
Military Career
In November 1952 he was drafted in the United States Army. From November 1952 until November 1954, he was in the U.S. Army. He was in Engineering Officer Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, VA. In his eighth week of training, he became quite ill with symptoms of an acute abdomen. While in the dispensary, his appendix ruptured, and he did not have surgery until four hours afterward. Peritonitis had set in and he spent three months in the hospital and three months on convalescent leave. While in recovery, the Korean War ended. When he returned from leave, there was only a year left in his enlistment. He was assigned to the 475 Ordnance Depot Company as a depot clerk. He also was a Colonel of the Maryland Defense Forces and taught the U. S. Constitution to students in the Maryland National Guard Challenge Program earning the State of Maryland Distinguished Service Cross.
Community Service
Lester was committed to his work serving the community as: President of Sparrows Point Parent Teacher Association, Executive Board Nominating Committee on Baltimore County School Board 1964-1968, in Boy Scouts of America as Field Service Chairman, Council Commissioner, Bicentennial Program Chairman, and District Chairman. He received the Award of Merit and Silver Beaver in 1975. He was President, 7th District Republican Club and Maryland Delegate Republican State Central Committee for 8 years, 1972-1980. He served as 4 President of Church Council, St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sparrows Point, Edgemere from 1960s to 1980s. He joined the Sons of the American Revolution, as descendant of ten Patriots that fought in the war. He became President of Col. John Eager Howard chapter and State Society in 1993, VPG Mid-Atlantic Region, Chairman of various committees and member of the Foundation Board of the National Society. His Awards included: The Minute Man Medal in 1999, Color Guard of the Year in 2005, Meritorious Service, Silver Good Citizenship, and Patriot Medal.
Lester also joined Boy Scouts and stated that he learned the moral lessons of life from Luther's Catechism and the Boy Scout oath and laws. He became a District Chairman of the Boy Scouts of America earning a Silver Beaver Award in 1975. He was a Mason, Shriner, and Knight Templar and is in the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. He was President of the 7th District Republican Club and has received awards too numerous to list here. He became a Member of the War of 1812 and had five ancestors that fought in the war. Lester was appointed as a Director Emeritus of the Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum. Lester is descended from the Duke of Flanders and Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the French Kings. He was listed in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA and the MARQUIS WHO'S WHO.
He will be sorely missed by his friends and family including his wife of 65 years Patricia Foster and their four children and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be made but likely limited to family viewing only. A graveside memorial may be held in NC where he will be buried.
Lester Anderson Foster Jr.
(April 4,1929 – June 7, 2020)
70th President of the MDSSAR Elected 1993
Past MDSSAR President Lester Anderson Foster Jr. died at the age of 91 years old on Sunday June 7, 2020. He was a member of numerous hereditary societies. He was our 70th State President of the MDSSAR.
Family Life
Lester A. Foster Jr., born on April 4th, 1929 was the firstborn child to his parents, Lester A. Foster, and Annie Lee (nee Swink). His family called him by his initials L.A. His family lived in Granite Quarry, North Carolina. At the time of his birth, his father was a brick layer and stone mason and his mother was a telephone operator. Times were difficult for his parents when he was born because of the depression. His father had lost his car but had to support his family. His father went to work in DC during the depression and up to World War II they would visit him during the summer when school let out. His father built his stone house across the street from the local school and build a stone house. He also built the local church, Wittenberg Lutheran Church during the winter months when construction in Washington D.C. was halted. His parent's Family Bible was placed in the cornerstone of the church. His home was completed in 1939 and the church was finished in 1941 and they are considered both landmarks in the town of Granite Quarry. Lester was confirmed in the Lutheran church with the first class of candidates in the newly constructed building. In his personal life in 1955, Lester married Patricia White, a recent nursing school graduate of the Medical College of Virginia in 1953. They moved from the town of Sparrows Point to Dundalk, Maryland.
Academic Career
He participated in sports which included basketball and baseball. By high school, he became an outstanding athlete, participating in championship basketball tournaments and playing for three years in American Legion baseball teams. By his senior year in high school, he was recruited to join a professional baseball team, but his father would not allow him unless he earned a college degree. He received an athletic scholarship (1947) from Elon College to play both basketball and baseball. He was asked to play football for one season, and he did. He was one of five high school athletic scholarship recipients in his college class. He played on two baseball championship teams and one basketball runner-up championship team. Also, at Elon, Lester completed a double major in mathematics and physics in three years. The Dean and his professors suggested that he should at least pursue a master's degree to become a college instructor. However, with the tools of mathematics, he may be more suited to become an engineer. So, he transferred to North Carolina State University and in two years received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1952, with honors.
Work Life
Lester continued in steelmaking operations as an engineer and by 1965 he was promoted at the age of 36 to the title of Master Mechanic of one of the world's largest steel mills. He worked in the position of Master Mechanic for the steelmaking division of the next 18 years and demonstrated extensive engineering design, maintenance and operation as well as managing and administering personnel with an annual budget over $135 million. He obtained "Top Secret Clearance" by the FBI and joined the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and was part of the 1952 Looper class. Loopers were management employees and were given an eight-week course in corporate divisions and corporate policies of Bethlehem Steel Corporation Headquarters in PA. He was assigned to Sparrows Point Plant in Maryland in the Steel Operation Division and started looping through the different parts of the plant.
In 1992, Lester retired from Bethlehem Steel and formed a small company called L&M Consultants and Steel Plant Facilities Inc. He signed a consulting contract with Bethlehem Steel on an as needed basis. He also landed a contract with Voest Alpine since he demonstrated he could improve their continuous caster product. The small company operated until. 1999 until the steel industry ran out of money. After the end of L&M, Lester officially retired.
Military Career
In November 1952 he was drafted in the United States Army. From November 1952 until November 1954, he was in the U.S. Army. He was in Engineering Officer Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, VA. In his eighth week of training, he became quite ill with symptoms of an acute abdomen. While in the dispensary, his appendix ruptured, and he did not have surgery until four hours afterward. Peritonitis had set in and he spent three months in the hospital and three months on convalescent leave. While in recovery, the Korean War ended. When he returned from leave, there was only a year left in his enlistment. He was assigned to the 475 Ordnance Depot Company as a depot clerk. He also was a Colonel of the Maryland Defense Forces and taught the U. S. Constitution to students in the Maryland National Guard Challenge Program earning the State of Maryland Distinguished Service Cross.
Community Service
Lester was committed to his work serving the community as: President of Sparrows Point Parent Teacher Association, Executive Board Nominating Committee on Baltimore County School Board 1964-1968, in Boy Scouts of America as Field Service Chairman, Council Commissioner, Bicentennial Program Chairman, and District Chairman. He received the Award of Merit and Silver Beaver in 1975. He was President, 7th District Republican Club and Maryland Delegate Republican State Central Committee for 8 years, 1972-1980. He served as 4 President of Church Council, St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sparrows Point, Edgemere from 1960s to 1980s. He joined the Sons of the American Revolution, as descendant of ten Patriots that fought in the war. He became President of Col. John Eager Howard chapter and State Society in 1993, VPG Mid-Atlantic Region, Chairman of various committees and member of the Foundation Board of the National Society. His Awards included: The Minute Man Medal in 1999, Color Guard of the Year in 2005, Meritorious Service, Silver Good Citizenship, and Patriot Medal.
Lester also joined Boy Scouts and stated that he learned the moral lessons of life from Luther's Catechism and the Boy Scout oath and laws. He became a District Chairman of the Boy Scouts of America earning a Silver Beaver Award in 1975. He was a Mason, Shriner, and Knight Templar and is in the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. He was President of the 7th District Republican Club and has received awards too numerous to list here. He became a Member of the War of 1812 and had five ancestors that fought in the war. Lester was appointed as a Director Emeritus of the Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum. Lester is descended from the Duke of Flanders and Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the French Kings. He was listed in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA and the MARQUIS WHO'S WHO.
He will be sorely missed by his friends and family including his wife of 65 years Patricia Foster and their four children and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be made but likely limited to family viewing only. A graveside memorial may be held in NC where he will be buried.
70th President of the Maryland State Society Sons of the American Revolution 1993-1994
Lester Anderson Foster Jr.
(April 4,1929 – June 7, 2020)
70th President of the MDSSAR Elected 1993
Past MDSSAR President Lester Anderson Foster Jr. died at the age of 91 years old on Sunday June 7, 2020. He was a member of numerous hereditary societies. He was our 70th State President of the MDSSAR.
Family Life
Lester A. Foster Jr., born on April 4th, 1929 was the firstborn child to his parents, Lester A. Foster, and Annie Lee (nee Swink). His family called him by his initials L.A. His family lived in Granite Quarry, North Carolina. At the time of his birth, his father was a brick layer and stone mason and his mother was a telephone operator. Times were difficult for his parents when he was born because of the depression. His father had lost his car but had to support his family. His father went to work in DC during the depression and up to World War II they would visit him during the summer when school let out. His father built his stone house across the street from the local school and build a stone house. He also built the local church, Wittenberg Lutheran Church during the winter months when construction in Washington D.C. was halted. His parent's Family Bible was placed in the cornerstone of the church. His home was completed in 1939 and the church was finished in 1941 and they are considered both landmarks in the town of Granite Quarry. Lester was confirmed in the Lutheran church with the first class of candidates in the newly constructed building. In his personal life in 1955, Lester married Patricia White, a recent nursing school graduate of the Medical College of Virginia in 1953. They moved from the town of Sparrows Point to Dundalk, Maryland.
Academic Career
He participated in sports which included basketball and baseball. By high school, he became an outstanding athlete, participating in championship basketball tournaments and playing for three years in American Legion baseball teams. By his senior year in high school, he was recruited to join a professional baseball team, but his father would not allow him unless he earned a college degree. He received an athletic scholarship (1947) from Elon College to play both basketball and baseball. He was asked to play football for one season, and he did. He was one of five high school athletic scholarship recipients in his college class. He played on two baseball championship teams and one basketball runner-up championship team. Also, at Elon, Lester completed a double major in mathematics and physics in three years. The Dean and his professors suggested that he should at least pursue a master's degree to become a college instructor. However, with the tools of mathematics, he may be more suited to become an engineer. So, he transferred to North Carolina State University and in two years received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1952, with honors.
Work Life
Lester continued in steelmaking operations as an engineer and by 1965 he was promoted at the age of 36 to the title of Master Mechanic of one of the world's largest steel mills. He worked in the position of Master Mechanic for the steelmaking division of the next 18 years and demonstrated extensive engineering design, maintenance and operation as well as managing and administering personnel with an annual budget over $135 million. He obtained "Top Secret Clearance" by the FBI and joined the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and was part of the 1952 Looper class. Loopers were management employees and were given an eight-week course in corporate divisions and corporate policies of Bethlehem Steel Corporation Headquarters in PA. He was assigned to Sparrows Point Plant in Maryland in the Steel Operation Division and started looping through the different parts of the plant.
In 1992, Lester retired from Bethlehem Steel and formed a small company called L&M Consultants and Steel Plant Facilities Inc. He signed a consulting contract with Bethlehem Steel on an as needed basis. He also landed a contract with Voest Alpine since he demonstrated he could improve their continuous caster product. The small company operated until. 1999 until the steel industry ran out of money. After the end of L&M, Lester officially retired.
Military Career
In November 1952 he was drafted in the United States Army. From November 1952 until November 1954, he was in the U.S. Army. He was in Engineering Officer Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, VA. In his eighth week of training, he became quite ill with symptoms of an acute abdomen. While in the dispensary, his appendix ruptured, and he did not have surgery until four hours afterward. Peritonitis had set in and he spent three months in the hospital and three months on convalescent leave. While in recovery, the Korean War ended. When he returned from leave, there was only a year left in his enlistment. He was assigned to the 475 Ordnance Depot Company as a depot clerk. He also was a Colonel of the Maryland Defense Forces and taught the U. S. Constitution to students in the Maryland National Guard Challenge Program earning the State of Maryland Distinguished Service Cross.
Community Service
Lester was committed to his work serving the community as: President of Sparrows Point Parent Teacher Association, Executive Board Nominating Committee on Baltimore County School Board 1964-1968, in Boy Scouts of America as Field Service Chairman, Council Commissioner, Bicentennial Program Chairman, and District Chairman. He received the Award of Merit and Silver Beaver in 1975. He was President, 7th District Republican Club and Maryland Delegate Republican State Central Committee for 8 years, 1972-1980. He served as 4 President of Church Council, St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sparrows Point, Edgemere from 1960s to 1980s. He joined the Sons of the American Revolution, as descendant of ten Patriots that fought in the war. He became President of Col. John Eager Howard chapter and State Society in 1993, VPG Mid-Atlantic Region, Chairman of various committees and member of the Foundation Board of the National Society. His Awards included: The Minute Man Medal in 1999, Color Guard of the Year in 2005, Meritorious Service, Silver Good Citizenship, and Patriot Medal.
Lester also joined Boy Scouts and stated that he learned the moral lessons of life from Luther's Catechism and the Boy Scout oath and laws. He became a District Chairman of the Boy Scouts of America earning a Silver Beaver Award in 1975. He was a Mason, Shriner, and Knight Templar and is in the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. He was President of the 7th District Republican Club and has received awards too numerous to list here. He became a Member of the War of 1812 and had five ancestors that fought in the war. Lester was appointed as a Director Emeritus of the Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum. Lester is descended from the Duke of Flanders and Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the French Kings. He was listed in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA and the MARQUIS WHO'S WHO.
He will be sorely missed by his friends and family including his wife of 65 years Patricia Foster and their four children and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be made but likely limited to family viewing only. A graveside memorial may be held in NC where he will be buried.
Lester Anderson Foster Jr.
(April 4,1929 – June 7, 2020)
70th President of the MDSSAR Elected 1993
Past MDSSAR President Lester Anderson Foster Jr. died at the age of 91 years old on Sunday June 7, 2020. He was a member of numerous hereditary societies. He was our 70th State President of the MDSSAR.
Family Life
Lester A. Foster Jr., born on April 4th, 1929 was the firstborn child to his parents, Lester A. Foster, and Annie Lee (nee Swink). His family called him by his initials L.A. His family lived in Granite Quarry, North Carolina. At the time of his birth, his father was a brick layer and stone mason and his mother was a telephone operator. Times were difficult for his parents when he was born because of the depression. His father had lost his car but had to support his family. His father went to work in DC during the depression and up to World War II they would visit him during the summer when school let out. His father built his stone house across the street from the local school and build a stone house. He also built the local church, Wittenberg Lutheran Church during the winter months when construction in Washington D.C. was halted. His parent's Family Bible was placed in the cornerstone of the church. His home was completed in 1939 and the church was finished in 1941 and they are considered both landmarks in the town of Granite Quarry. Lester was confirmed in the Lutheran church with the first class of candidates in the newly constructed building. In his personal life in 1955, Lester married Patricia White, a recent nursing school graduate of the Medical College of Virginia in 1953. They moved from the town of Sparrows Point to Dundalk, Maryland.
Academic Career
He participated in sports which included basketball and baseball. By high school, he became an outstanding athlete, participating in championship basketball tournaments and playing for three years in American Legion baseball teams. By his senior year in high school, he was recruited to join a professional baseball team, but his father would not allow him unless he earned a college degree. He received an athletic scholarship (1947) from Elon College to play both basketball and baseball. He was asked to play football for one season, and he did. He was one of five high school athletic scholarship recipients in his college class. He played on two baseball championship teams and one basketball runner-up championship team. Also, at Elon, Lester completed a double major in mathematics and physics in three years. The Dean and his professors suggested that he should at least pursue a master's degree to become a college instructor. However, with the tools of mathematics, he may be more suited to become an engineer. So, he transferred to North Carolina State University and in two years received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1952, with honors.
Work Life
Lester continued in steelmaking operations as an engineer and by 1965 he was promoted at the age of 36 to the title of Master Mechanic of one of the world's largest steel mills. He worked in the position of Master Mechanic for the steelmaking division of the next 18 years and demonstrated extensive engineering design, maintenance and operation as well as managing and administering personnel with an annual budget over $135 million. He obtained "Top Secret Clearance" by the FBI and joined the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and was part of the 1952 Looper class. Loopers were management employees and were given an eight-week course in corporate divisions and corporate policies of Bethlehem Steel Corporation Headquarters in PA. He was assigned to Sparrows Point Plant in Maryland in the Steel Operation Division and started looping through the different parts of the plant.
In 1992, Lester retired from Bethlehem Steel and formed a small company called L&M Consultants and Steel Plant Facilities Inc. He signed a consulting contract with Bethlehem Steel on an as needed basis. He also landed a contract with Voest Alpine since he demonstrated he could improve their continuous caster product. The small company operated until. 1999 until the steel industry ran out of money. After the end of L&M, Lester officially retired.
Military Career
In November 1952 he was drafted in the United States Army. From November 1952 until November 1954, he was in the U.S. Army. He was in Engineering Officer Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, VA. In his eighth week of training, he became quite ill with symptoms of an acute abdomen. While in the dispensary, his appendix ruptured, and he did not have surgery until four hours afterward. Peritonitis had set in and he spent three months in the hospital and three months on convalescent leave. While in recovery, the Korean War ended. When he returned from leave, there was only a year left in his enlistment. He was assigned to the 475 Ordnance Depot Company as a depot clerk. He also was a Colonel of the Maryland Defense Forces and taught the U. S. Constitution to students in the Maryland National Guard Challenge Program earning the State of Maryland Distinguished Service Cross.
Community Service
Lester was committed to his work serving the community as: President of Sparrows Point Parent Teacher Association, Executive Board Nominating Committee on Baltimore County School Board 1964-1968, in Boy Scouts of America as Field Service Chairman, Council Commissioner, Bicentennial Program Chairman, and District Chairman. He received the Award of Merit and Silver Beaver in 1975. He was President, 7th District Republican Club and Maryland Delegate Republican State Central Committee for 8 years, 1972-1980. He served as 4 President of Church Council, St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sparrows Point, Edgemere from 1960s to 1980s. He joined the Sons of the American Revolution, as descendant of ten Patriots that fought in the war. He became President of Col. John Eager Howard chapter and State Society in 1993, VPG Mid-Atlantic Region, Chairman of various committees and member of the Foundation Board of the National Society. His Awards included: The Minute Man Medal in 1999, Color Guard of the Year in 2005, Meritorious Service, Silver Good Citizenship, and Patriot Medal.
Lester also joined Boy Scouts and stated that he learned the moral lessons of life from Luther's Catechism and the Boy Scout oath and laws. He became a District Chairman of the Boy Scouts of America earning a Silver Beaver Award in 1975. He was a Mason, Shriner, and Knight Templar and is in the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. He was President of the 7th District Republican Club and has received awards too numerous to list here. He became a Member of the War of 1812 and had five ancestors that fought in the war. Lester was appointed as a Director Emeritus of the Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum. Lester is descended from the Duke of Flanders and Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the French Kings. He was listed in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA and the MARQUIS WHO'S WHO.
He will be sorely missed by his friends and family including his wife of 65 years Patricia Foster and their four children and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be made but likely limited to family viewing only. A graveside memorial may be held in NC where he will be buried.
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