KENNETH (MIKE) FOSTER, AGE 88, PASSED AWAY AUG. 14, 2015 . BORN IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ON JUNE 28, 1927, MIKE WAS THE SON OF CHARLES FOSTER AND ANNIE AKERS. IN 1945, AFTER GRADUATION FROM ANACOSTIA HIGH SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C, HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY AND SERVED ON THE U.S.S. WILKES BARRE UNTIL THE WARS END. HE WENT TO WORK AT THE U.S. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY AND TOOK ACCOUNTING CLASSES AT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY AT NIGHT AND GRADUATED JUNE 1953. FROM NAVAL RESEARCH LAB, HE WENT TO GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER WHERE HE SERVED AS THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OFFICER 1958-1969. HIS FINAL TOUR WAS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OFFICER AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 1969-1993. WHILE AT NSF HE WAS APPOINTED A PRINCETON FELLOW IN PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. HE SPENT THE ACADAMIC YEAR 71-72 IN PRINCETON WHILE ATTENDING THE WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE. ALTHOUGH HE RECEIVED MANY AWARDS, THERE WERE TWO THAT WERE VERY SPECIAL. HE RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL RANK OF DISTINGUISHED EXECUTIVE IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE FROM PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AND AGAIN BY PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH. MIKE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE GEORGIA OF 44 YEARS.