Rosebud L. Foster, Ed.D., who passed away on July 20, served as special assistant to Frederick Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University’s Health Professions Division (HPD) chancellor. She was also the well-known deputy director of the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program.Dr. Foster, who served as a member of the HPD Board of Governors, was a highly respected leader in local, state, and national academic and health care policy circles. For over 20 years, she played an instrumental role in the successful development of the NSU Health Professions Division, contributing greatly to the initial establishment of several HPD colleges and numerous HPD programs and initiatives. Dr. Foster also played a pivotal role in making the NSU AHEC Program one of the most successful and highly regarded AHECs in the nation.
“I suppose if those who knew her best had but a brief moment, they would have to focus on how Dr. Rosebud Foster made them feel because everyone she ever came into contact with wound up loving her, admiring her, and wanting to be with and work with her,” said Steven B. Zucker, D.M.D., M.Ed., associate dean for community affairs and director of the AHEC Program at NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. “Rose conducted herself in a manner very similar to the famous Maya Angelou quote that says, ‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ And, boy, did Rose make you feel good when she graced your presence with her brilliance, warmth, and radiance.”
