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词条 David Foster (Royal Navy officer)
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  1. Career

  2. Personal life

  3. References

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David Ramsey Foster, DSO, DSC and bar (24 May 1920 – 4 June 2010[1]) was a decorated pilot in the British Royal Navy during World War II and a business executive.

Career

By the time World War II came to an end Lieutenant-Commander David Foster had served in both the Western Desert and the Pacific theatres, and had received both the DSO and DSC and Bar.

Foster joined Colgate-Palmolive after the war. He rose to become president in 1970 and chairman in 1975.

Personal life

Foster had American parents and was born in London on 24 May 1920. He was educated at Stowe and Gonville and Caius, Cambridge.

He had three wives, Glynis Johns, the actress, Anne Firth, and Alexandra Chang. He had two daughters with his second wife.

References

1. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/7897263/Lieutenant-Commander-David-Foster.html Obituary]
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12 : 1920 births|2010 deaths|Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|English businesspeople|Fleet Air Arm aviators|English people of American descent|Colgate-Palmolive|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|People educated at Stowe School|Royal Navy officers of World War II|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|People from London

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