[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14025]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  REMEMBERING CHARLES DeLESLINE FOSTER

 Mr. SCOTT. Madam President, I wish to acknowledge and honor 
Mr. Charles DeLesline Foster, the first African American to graduate 
from The Citadel in Charleston, SC. This year, on November 5, the 
school is celebrating the 50-year anniversary of his matriculation into 
the school.
  Although Mr. Foster is no longer with us, we still remember and honor 
his legacy. After graduating from The Citadel in 1970 with a degree in 
business administration, he went on to serve our Nation as a second 
lieutenant in the U.S. Army and became an explosives expert working at 
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. In 1973, he left the Army and 
became the manager for a moving company in Texas.
  Mr. Foster was an American hero who served his country and became a 
significant part of our State's history. I wish I could be there with 
the community to celebrate such a historical moment. But it is truly an 
honor to recognize Mr. Charles Foster, a true trailblazer, and his 
story can serve as an inspiration to us all.

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