Foster Diebold

{{Short description|American academic (1932–2018)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =Foster F. Diebold

| image =

| order =

| title = President of the University of Alaska System

| term_start =1977

| term_end =1979

| predecessor = Neil D. Humphrey

| successor =Jay Barton

| title2 = President of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

| term_start2 =1979

| term_end2 =1996

| predecessor2=Chester McNerney[https://books.google.com/books?id=VJucwTfABo8C&dq=%22chester+mcnerney%22&pg=PA92] Campus History Series: Edinboro University, Arcadia Publishing, 2012

| successor2=Frank G. Pogue

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|10|24}}

| birth_place =Orange, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|04|01|1932|10|24}}

| death_place = Miami, Florida

| alma_mater = Monmouth University
Seton Hall University
Rutgers University

| spouse= Patricia Diebold

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| children=

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}}

Foster F. Diebold (October 24, 1932 – April 1, 2018) was an American academic. He was the President of the University of Alaska System (1977–79) and Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (1979–96).[http://www.edinboronow.com/article/presidents-past-and-potential]"Presidents: Past and Potential"

During his tenure, Edinboro State College was renamed Edinboro University of Pennsylvania through the creation of the State System of Higher Education in Pennsylvania via Act 188 of 1983.[https://books.google.com/books?id=mpJLmYTmjSIC&dq=%22Edinboro+University%22+foster+diebold&pg=PA69]"Historic Erie County," Edward T. Wellejus, HPN Books, 2004 The Diebold Center for the Performing Arts at Edinboro University was named in his honor in 1992, and he was inducted into the Edinboro University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.[http://www.gofightingscots.com/hof.aspx?hof=48] "Edinboro University Athletics Hall of Fame"[https://books.google.com/books?id=lWqHc4ace90C&dq=%22Diebold+Center+for+the+Performing+Arts%22&pg=PT148]"Postcard History Series: Cambridge Springs and Edinboro, Arcadia Publishing, Jun 14, 2006" He was an alumnus of Monmouth University,[https://www.monmouth.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/03/MU2009Fall.pdf#page=4] "Monmouth University Magazine, Fall 2009" Seton Hall University, and Rutgers University (Doctor of Education, Labor Studies and Collective Bargaining).[https://www.alaska.edu/uajourney/presidents/1977-1979-foster-f.-diebo/]"UA Journey: 1977-1979 Foster F. Diebold"[https://books.google.com/books?id=fgH4nsAFap4C&q=%22Diebold,+Foster%22+1932]"Marquis Who's Who in the West, 1982-1983, Volume 18"