From VMI Communications:
The VMI community mourns the loss of two retired professors during the summer.
Most recently, Col. Albert L. Deal III, 71, died Aug. 1, 2009, at Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital.
Deal, professor emeritus of mathematics, joined the VMI faculty in 1962 and served until his retirement in 2003.
Earlier in the summer, Dr. Dean B. Foster, 89, professor emeritus of psychology, died June 6, 2009.
Foster served on the VMI faculty, including a period as department head, from 1961 until his retirement in 1985. He was particularly noted for his study of sleep patterns. His 28-year probe into sleep habits, which continued throughout his faculty years at VMI, included several inventions.
