Physician
Centurion, 1913–1933
Born 18 July 1875 in Utica, New York
Died 10 July 1933 in Camden, Maine
Buried Forest Hill Cemetery
, Utica, New York
Proposed by Lewis Atterbury Conner and Samuel W. Lambert
Elected 7 June 1913 at age thirty-seven
Seconder of:
Century Memorial
Underneath a quiet and somewhat reserved manner, Dr. Nellis Barnes Foster possessed a lively sense of humor; in association with kindred spirits he was an entertaining conversationalist. At the Cornell Medical college, at the Camp Meade base hospital in war-time, at the New York Hospital throughout his active life, he gained the warm affection of students, associates and internes, whom he inspired with his own intense interest in the solution of the medical and surgical problems with which they were confronted. Not the least impressive of Foster’s conclusions from his long professional experience was embodied in his remark, not long ago, that “hard work is one of the greatest influences towards longevity”; that, when necessity for such professional activity is gone, “the ageing man should get himself a hobby and ride it hard.”
Alexander Dana Noyes
1934 Century Association Yearbook
