William Foster ’34

Bill Foster, a prominent lawyer and former president of the Princeton Alumni Assn. of Western Pennsylvania and member of the corporate gifts committee of the Council for University Resources (CUR), died Oct. 9, 1996, of a heart attack at his home in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh. He was 83.

A graduate of the U. of Pittsburgh Law School, Bill was with the U.S. Steel Corp. for 30 years, rising to senior general counsel before he retired in 1978. His specialty at U.S. Steel, according to his lifelong friend Bill Rea, was the coal end of the business, which "got him into environmental matters at an early date, before the environment became such a national concern."

"He was a great outdoorsman," in the words of his son Peter. "He loved anything that had to do with being outdoors, hunting and fishing, but he especially loved skiing."

Bill is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mary Edwards Foster (Westover '34); another son, Dr. Howard K.; a daughter, Pauline (Mrs. Brian) Mullins; a brother, John K. '31; a sister, Elizabeth Schoyer, and six grandchildren. To them we offer our sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1934