Luther H. Foster Jr.

Foster was born on March 21, 1913, in Lawrenceville, Virginia. His father worked for Saint Paul's College, a historically black college. He grew up between Lawrenceville and Petersburg. Foster graduated from Virginia State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1932, followed by a second bachelor's degree from Hampton University in 1934. He earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1936, followed by a master's degree and a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1941 and 1951 respectively. ==Career==

Foster began his career at Howard University, where he worked as a budget officer from 1937 to 1941. He served as its fourth president from 1953 to 1981, which included the Civil Rights era. He also served on the board of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and Sears. ==Personal life and death==

Foster married social worker Vera Chandler in 1941. They had two children. He resided in Alexandria, Virginia. Foster died of a heart attack on November 27, 1994, in East Point, Georgia, at 81. ==References==