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Lee Edwin Foster
July 23rd, 1943 - July 19th, 2020
July 23rd, 1943 - July 19th, 2020
Lee Foster grew up in Minnesota, went to Notre Dame, and then proceeded to Stanford for his graduate work in literature. There he decided to pursue a life of creating his own books, rather than an academic professorial path of books about books and teaching the gifted young. Lee published 18 books of fiction, non-fiction, travel. See them all on Lee’s Amazon Author Page. Lee offered travel writing/photography on more than 500 worldwide subjects on his website, and was a specialist on his home territory of Northern California. Lee lived in Berkeley, CA, and was a publishing innovator. He was one of the first to embrace the Online, then the Internet, and finally the App world. Lee summarized part of his earlier record in an article, Moments in the Electronic Publishing Revolution: A Participant’s Journey.
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Laurie Borman, Satw Past President
A great travel writer, photographer, and a person who gave back to his profession. He will be missed. May his memory be for a blessing always.
Karyl Leigh Barnes
Lee was always a light and voice of experience when we chatted at SATW events. His presence will be missed. My sincerest sympathies to his family. We have lost a treasure.
Chuck Cecil
I am so sorry to read this news. Lee was so kind and so generous in his help and advice. I admired greatly his mastery of self-publishing and his early application of apps to his work. Seeing him at SATW meetings, most recently at El Paso, was always a highlight. I will miss him greatly.
Pat Mulready
Lee was my cousin and Godfather. I did not get to spend much time with him due to our age difference growing up. However I was able to spend a few weeks with him, when he returned to Mankato to shoot photos for the book "Just 25 cents and three Wheaties box tops". My brother Matt(who shared a Birthday with Lee 7-23) and I were the two boys who were shown in the book, along with our sister Mary Mona. We had a blast hanging out with our cool cousin, and have fond memories of setting up some of the collages for some of the photos. The most memorable was catching fireflies and putting them in a couple of large canning jars, top to bottom. We then set up a dark backround in Nellie and Russ's basement, in the dark and took several timed exposures to achieve the desired results. Explains my interest in photography. I only spoke to Lee a handful of times over the last 50 yrs.(usually on his Birthday). I am very proud of all he accomplished. I always told him I would get out to visit him one of these years. I regret that I never did. My thoughts and prayers go out to Lee's sisters and children. Patrick J. Mulready
Jeffrey Samorano
We were so saddened to hear of his passing, he was truly a great man and great client to work with. My team and I currently manage his website and will miss him dearly. He had such a gift. Feel free to reach out anytime if assistance is needed with the website.
Janet Fullwood
Oh Lee you were such a staple in my life - SATW, BATW, OWAC...our paths crossed many times a year. Besides being such a kind person, I was always a little intimidated by how you had grabbed the digital bull by the horns and made it yours. Enjoyed your lectures and workshops and learned a lot. But mostly, considered you a friend. RIP...
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