Luther Hilton Foster Jr. (March 21,1913 - November 27,1994)[1][2] was an African-American academic administrator. He served as the fourth president of the Tuskegee Institute,a private,historically black university in Tuskegee,Alabama now known as Tuskegee University,from 1953 to 1981.
Foster began his career at Howard University,where he worked as a budget officer from 1937 to 1941.[3] Foster joined the Tuskegee Institute,now known as Tuskegee University,in 1941,where he worked as a business manager until 1953.[3][5] He served as its fourth president from 1953 to 1981,which included the Civil Rights era.[3] Under his leadership,enrollment grew from 2,000 to 3,500.[4]
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