Education
- went to school for colored deaf children before moving to Chicago
- graduated high school in 1951
- first African American admitted at Gallaudet- graduated 1954
Education cont.
- First deaf admitted to Eastern Michigan Uni.
- Masters from Seattle Pacific Christian College
Early Life
Born June 27, 1925
Lived in Birmingham, Alabama
Lost his hearing after having spinal meningitis
spinal meningitis
- Meningitis is a bacterial infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meninges
Adult Life
- went to Africa in 1957
- became missionary for deaf and began fundraiser programs to develop more schools and churches for deaf
- began first school for deaf in Ghana and founded African Bible College for deaf
Adult life cont.
one of Foster's classes in Africa
- married a deaf german woman named Berta and had five children, 4 boys one girl
1987
- in 1987, Foster was on a small plane traveling to Kenya with 12 others
- the plane crashed due to mechanical errors and no one survived
citations
places Foster made all the schools for deaf and are still open today
fun facts
- http://www.cmdeaf.org/resources/photos/dr-mrs-andrew-foster
- http://beforeitsnews.com/health/2012/10/meningitis-top-natural-supplements-for-treatment-2453718.html
citations
- Foster opened up 31 schools
- Andrew foster is to Africa what Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet is to U.S.
- in Africa they thought deafness was a curse so the parents were forced to hide the children, and hid them,the ones not were left in wilderness and eaten by animals
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001700/
- http://ifmyhandscouldspeak.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/andrew-foster-the-gallaudet-of-africa/
- www.deafis.org/culture/celebrities/foster.php
- love2asl.com/deaf_history_did_you_know
- http://teacheredmonds.webnet.edu/edmondswoodway/seagold/document/download/history_of_deaf_sts.ppl?id=16449
Dr. Andrew Foster
1925-1987