Dr. Rodger L. Foltz

Prof. Foltz was born on February 10, 1934, in Milwaukee, WI, to Ross M. and Louise (Campbell) Foltz. He grew up in Wauwatosa, WI, and attended schools there until earning a B.S. degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956 and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1961.

He retired as Research Professor Emeritus from the University of Utah before moving to Keene in 2009. He served as Project Leader for 20 years at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, OH, and as adjunct professor at Ohio State University. In 1980 he accepted a position on the faculty of the College of Pharmacy, University of Utah in Salt Lake City, in the Department of Biomedical Pharmacology and the Center for Human Toxicology. Over the years he contributed a large archive of research articles to professional journals and other scholarly publications, and his work was recognized internationally. He was also co-founder and technical director of Northwest Toxicology, later known as Tandem Labs, a private biomedical contract organization in Salt Lake City. He was a member of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the American Academy of Forensic Scientists, and was a lifetime member of the American Chemical Society. His biography was included in Who’s Who in America for many years.

All his life Rodger enjoyed foreign travel and photography, and excelled in sports including tennis, golf, skiing, wilderness camping, and mountain hiking. He also served as a Congregational Church deacon in both Columbus and Salt Lake City.

Prof. Foltz is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ruth (Bilbe) Foltz of Keene; a son, Dr. Richard Foltz and his wife, Manya, of Montreal, Canada; a daughter Camilla Foltz Brandt and her husband Edmund Brandt of London, UK; grandchildren Shahrzad and Bijan Foltz-Navab and Adam and Susannah Brandt; a brother Donald Foltz and sister-in-law Victoria of Monroe, WA; and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law Evelyn Huston and her husband Dennis of Keene. An older brother, Ross Foltz, died earlier.

The family wishes to extend special thanks to HCS Hospice for all of their assistance in this time.

In keeping with the wishes of the family, there will be no public Calling Hours. A private service for the family will be held at the United Church of Christ in Keene.

A memorial celebration of Rodger's life will be held in Salt Lake City at a later date.

Fletcher Funeral Home & Cremation Services (www.fletcherfuneralhome.com), 33 Marlboro St, Keene, NH is in charge of arrangements.