In Remembrance of Stanley Owens Foster

My entire family is very saddened to hear about the passing of Dr. Stanley O. Foster. He was an amazing man and personally I have so much to thank him. He was the living figure of a father to me. I am greatly appreciated for his support towards my professional life. I am thankful for… Continue reading A better future

This past week as I was taking stock of what needs to be sorted through in my dad’s office, I came upon a printed email on his desk that I had sent him in 2017. Here’s what it said: Hi Papa– In the middle of class at the prison tonight I had a wave of… Continue reading gratitude & guide

Stan was an inspiration to me and to all he met. I am so lucky to have had the chance to participate in his Community Transformation class. I made so many connections to students and community members, and learned a lot about myself and my future. I keep the values he taught me in my… Continue reading An Inspiration

I met Stanley Foster back in 2006 when I moved to Atlanta for grad school. Last week, when I learned he passed away it was like a light went out and I immediately felt the loss because the world is worse off without him. He was a truly great human, an incredible teacher and my… Continue reading A Pandemic Novel

Dr Stanley Foster, Stan to us, is known in Bangladesh for his contribution to eradicate snallpox.He lived there and continued visiting after he left Dhaka.  He used to share public health stories when visited me at ICDDR,B in Dhaka. I would like to share one of the stories based on his visit to a rural… Continue reading Hanging by a hook

Willie Sutton, the No. 11 bus, shoe leather epidemiology, and honest brokers I cut my teeth on smallpox eradication in Ethiopia in 1973-75 and then for WHO in North Yemen in 1978-79, and my immunization career at WHO and JSI exactly spanned the creation of the Expanded Program on Immunization until my retirement at the… Continue reading Willie Sutton, the No. 11 bus, shoe leather epidemiology, and honest brokers

Stan and I we were the two people sent at WHO’s request to CDC to INITIATE smallpox control in the newly independent Bangladesh as 10 million refugees streamed across the border from India spreading smallpox as they migrated back to their home villages. I knew NOTHING about smallpox, but had worked at the CRL in… Continue reading Worked with Stan when we were originally sent to the newly independent Bangladesh to INITIATE smallpox control

We went to Elm Point a few years ago for dinner. Since I was, at that time, waiting for two hip replacements, navigating the terrain there was not easy. We stayed until dusk and Stanley refused to let me walk to our car without his help. It’s a memory I treasure, his strong arm and… Continue reading My Gentle Gentleman Guide