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David Foster (Royal Navy officer)

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Occupation
  
Business Executive

Education
  
Stowe School

Died
  
June 4, 2010


Role
  
Executive

Name
  
David Foster

Books
  
Wings Over the Sea

Full Name
  
David Ramsey Foster

Born
  
24 May 1920 (
1920-05-24
)
London, England

Ex-spouse
  
Glynis Johns, Alexandra Chang, Anne Firth

Similar People
  
Glynis Johns, Anthony Forwood, Gareth Forwood, Sara Michael Foster, Linda Thompson

David Ramsey Foster, DSO, DSC and bar (24 May 1920 – 4 June 2010) was a decorated pilot in the British Royal Navy during World War II and a business executive.

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Career

By the time World War II came to an end Lieutenant-Commander David Foster had served in both the Western Desert and the Pacific theatres, and had received both the DSO and DSC and Bar.

Foster joined Colgate-Palmolive after the war. He rose to become president in 1970 and chairman in 1975.

Personal life

Foster had American parents and was born in London on 24 May 1920. He was educated at Stowe and Gonville and Caius, Cambridge.

He had three wives, Glynis Johns, the actress, Anne Firth, and Alexandra Chang. He had two daughters with his second wife.

References

David Foster (Royal Navy officer) Wikipedia