John S. Foster Jr.

John Stuart Foster Jr. (September 18, 1922 – April 25, 2025) was an American physicist and politician. He is best known as the fourth director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He also was Director of the Defense Research and Engineering. He worked during the Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon presidencies.Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum,
Oral Histories – John S. Foster Jr.  Foster was born in New Haven, Connecticut.

Foster Jr. died on April 25, 2025 in Goleta, California at the age of 102.John Stuart Foster Jr.

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