{"id":1516,"date":"2026-04-21T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/?post_type=exhibit&#038;p=1516"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:14:39","slug":"after-colby","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/exhibits\/john-h-foster-1913\/after-colby\/","title":{"rendered":"M.D. at UPenn(1913 &#8211; 1917)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>John H. Foster graduated from Colby in 1913, and in the fall of the same year entered the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania to pursue advanced medical studies and prepare to go to China as a medical missionary in a few years. In 1917, he received his M.D. degree. At the time of graduation, coinciding with the United States declaring war on Germany, Foster, like many of his classmates, chose to enlist in the army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/db2bd0c45129a25962b496adca21d74d-1-656x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1943\" style=\"width:348px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/db2bd0c45129a25962b496adca21d74d-1-656x1024.png 656w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/db2bd0c45129a25962b496adca21d74d-1-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/db2bd0c45129a25962b496adca21d74d-1-768x1198.png 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/db2bd0c45129a25962b496adca21d74d-1.png 835w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20260424141909_518_12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20260424141909_518_12.png 538w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20260424141909_518_12-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/image-4.png 539w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/image-4-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Source from: <a href=\"https:\/\/archives.upenn.edu\/collections\/finding-aid\/upt50f755\/\">John H. Foster Scrapbook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John H. Foster graduated from Colby in 1913, and in the fall of the same year entered the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania to pursue advanced medical studies and prepare to go to China as a medical missionary in a few years. In 1917, he received his M.D. degree. 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