George F. Koster

George Fred Koster (1927–2012) was an American physicist.

Foster served in the United States Navy during World War II.[1] He completed his doctoral dissertation in 1951, titled The Effects of Configuration Interaction on the Hyperfine Structure, advised by Bernard Taub Feld at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[2] and later joined the MIT faculty. While teaching at MIT, Foster was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1962.[3]

Foster was married to Frances J. Grigg until her death in 2010.[4] The couple raised three children.[1][4] Foster died in Brookline, Massachusetts, in May 2012, aged 85.[1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "George F. Koster". Boston Globe. 14–21 May 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ George F. Koster at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "APS fellow archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Frances J. Koster". Boston Globe. 19–20 March 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  5. ^ "George Koster, physics professor emeritus, dies at 85". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2023.


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