In Remembrance of Stanley Owens Foster

Stan often visited during the time I worked with CDC in Africa – and he never failed to ask first about family – usually as we left the airport together – and while we drove he checked to see that the driver and any other passengers had their seat belts fastened. That was Stan –… Continue reading EIS 1976

Stan was a great friend and mentor to me, beginning in the late 1970’s in Zaire (DRC). Stan visited me on a trip to an urban clinic in Mbujimayi where I was working. I had completed my undergraduate training and was taking a gap year. I was interested in global health, and discerning next steps… Continue reading Presbyterian Missionary in Africa 35 years, now in Decatur, GA

Back in the fall of 2010, I received a cold call from an Atlanta phone number just as I was planning to go to bed after a long day at work as an AmeriCorps volunteer. On the other end of the phone, Stan expressed interest in my experiences in Central America and working with undocumented… Continue reading Inspired by Stan

I was hired as The Admin Manager @RSPH in 2006 and I met Stan in the early months of my employment. He had stopped by the office once or twice and would ask me my name each time. He finally stopped one day and said to me ” I want to pronounce your name correctly… Continue reading Fond memory

I first spoke with Stan when I was accepted to Rollins, and his encouragement and emphasis on community-based global health convinced me that Rollins would be the right place for me to do my masters. He was always unabashedly himself, and always always cheering us on. I was so privileged to learn from him, as… Continue reading Former student remembering Stan Foster

I took Dr. Foster’s international policy class in 2003 and I have never had a class like it either before or since. He was unique and passionate, and it was an honor to learn from him.

Stan was a mentor to me while I studied for my MPH at Emory. His lessons have stayed with me every day since. He sought out ways to give opportunities that would build up others beyond what they thought was possible. Stan embodied meaningful public health work. He modelled how to both listen deeply and… Continue reading Mentor and Inspiration

God bless you, Stan and Dottie for all your good works and inspiration over the years. Love, Don & Ernie Hopkins, fellow smallpox eradicators

I met Stan and Dottie at NPC and the community in northeast Georgia. Stan was a very interesting and engaging story teller, he was such a humble and approachable person that, later, when I learned about his enormous achievements, I thought that we have even more to learn from this man. Not only in the… Continue reading An inspiration to do good

I first met Dr. Stan when he welcomed me to the Rollin’s School of Public Health as a graduate student fresh out of Peace Corps in 1996. He was a mentor, friend, and personal hero of mine. I was lucky enough to work for him as a graduate teaching assistant and tried my best to… Continue reading Deepest Sympathy to Dottie and Family