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"I just want to finish what I started" Credit: St. Louis American Henlay Foster was within nine credit hours of graduating from Washington University when he decided to join the Army. Author: Sophie Hurwitz – St. Louis American Published: 9:12 AM CDT May 27, 2021 Updated: 9:12 AM CDT May 27, 2021 ST. LOUIS — When Henlay Foster first enrolled at Washington University in 1954, he was one of the first Black students to seek a degree on that campus. Now, 67 years later, he has finally earned that degree after taking virtual classes at his Maryl...

Henlay Foster, 84, earns his degree in music May 21 after completing his final credits online May 14, 2021 SHARE Back when Henlay Foster first enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis, Ethan Shepley was chancellor, Olin Library didn’t exist and the campus had, at long last, racially integrated. That was 1954.  Now, 67 years later, Foster will graduate Friday, May 21, with a degree in music from Arts & Sciences at the age of 84. In the intervening years, Foster traveled the world, played and taught piano, and led one of the federal government’s more important programs in the figh...