Richard J. Foster - Class of 1998

Administrator Contributor Player (Field)

1967 – Present Life Member

Elected to Hall of Fame 1998

Club Phillips – 1966

College Long Beach State Univ. (BA 1975), Long Beach City College, Loyola Law School LA (SD 1981), University of So. Cal (MPA 1977)

High School Woodrow Wilson Long Beach HS

 

Playing Record HS 1967 – 1969 College LBCC 69-71 LBSC 71-75 Club 67 – 71

 

Participation

    State Jr. College Champions 1970

    NCAA Championship Team 1972 (fourth)

    AAU Senior/Junior Outdoor Jr. Nat’l Championships for Phillips 66 Club 1967-71

    USWP Legal Committee 1982-90 and General Counsel for USWP Inc.

    President, USWP 1990-96 (only 3-term President of USWP)

    Instrumental in developing Women’s Olympic movement accepted as an Olympic sport to start in the

    Olympic Games in Australia in the year 2000

    USWP Foundation President 1996-97 – Managing 1.6 million dollar endowment fund created from profits

    from the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

    USWP board member 1981-97

    US delegate to FINA – Congress meeting in Atlanta ’96, Rome ’94, Berlin 1996 (extraordinary)

    Lecturer – International seminar FINA – Rome 1993

    USOC board member 1991-96

    National Governing Body council member 1992-1996

    USAS board member 1990-96 (US Aquatic sports)

    Orange County sports celebrities board member 1995-present

    President Long Beach Century Club 1989-90. Member 1985-present

    VISTA volunteer in Copper Center Alaska 1975-76

                Federal poverty program as grant writer and operation consultant for Indian tribe

    Capitol Classroom Co. founder and President of non-profit study in Washington D.C. for Long Beach area

    HS students

    Forty-Niners Athletic Foundation – fundraiser for LBSU athletic department. Board member 1986-present,

    VP 1989-90

    Established endowment fund for varsity w/p team. Co-founder and VP of varsity football boosters club

    LBSU

 

Honors

    Captain LBSU w/p team 1972

    All City – All League in high school (Wilson HS)

    Dale Hopper Memorial Award – HS

    All Metropolitan Conference Award 1970

    Loyola Law School – LA, CA (JD-1981) Dean’s Honor List

 

Personal

    Married with 3 sons and 1 daughter

    Partner – law firm of Paone, Callahan, McHolm and Wiltonin, Irvine CA

    Coach Little League Baseball and an avid skier and swimmer