Bruce Foster

Submitted By jev0010 on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 12:00am
Bruce Parks Foster, Denton, Professor Emeritus of physics who worked at UNT from 1953 to 1990, died Sept. 21. After earning master’s and doctoral degrees from Yale University, Foster started the astronomy program at North Texas. He also was an avid fan of UNT athletics, taking his children to basketball and football games in the 1960s and ’70s, and, when they were grown, having them take him to the games. In 1960, Foster was awarded a Fulbright scholarship, which enabled him to lecture in physics at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan. He also taught and coached basketball at Forman Christian College in Lahore, Pakistan. He was a member of the American Physical Society, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi and the American Association of Physics Teachers. He was born in Mussoorie, India, where his parents were missionaries. Foster was an Army veteran who was stationed throughout Europe during World War II.

Bruce Parks Foster, Denton, Professor Emeritus of physics who worked at UNT from 1953 to 1990, died Sept. 21. After earning master’s and doctoral degrees from Yale University, Foster started the astronomy program at North Texas. He also was an avid fan of UNT athletics, taking his children to basketball and football games in the 1960s and ’70s, and, when they were grown, having them take him to the games. In 1960, Foster was awarded a Fulbright scholarship, which enabled him to lecture in physics at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan. He also taught and coached basketball at Forman Christian College in Lahore, Pakistan. He was a member of the American Physical Society, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi and the American Association of Physics Teachers. He was born in Mussoorie, India, where his parents were missionaries. Foster was an Army veteran who was stationed throughout Europe during World War II.

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