Clinton, a year and a half younger than Vince Foster, resided in an adjoining property to Vince Foster's with his grandparents while his mother was often away studying nursing.
24 Facts About Vince Foster
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Vince Foster attended Davidson College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1967.
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Vince Foster's father wanted him to join the family real estate business, but instead, he opted to attend law school.
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Vince Foster received his Juris Doctor in 1971, graduating first in his class.
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Vince Foster scored the highest in his class on the Arkansas bar exam.
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Vince Foster met Elizabeth Braden, known as Lisa, during his sophomore year at Davidson; she was the daughter of an insurance broker from Nashville and was attending Sweet Briar College.
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In 1971, Vince Foster joined Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas, and in 1974 was made partner, one of only nine in the firm at the time.
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Vince Foster was the head of the Arkansas Bar Association committee that oversaw legal aid, and as such worked with legal aid clinic worker Hillary Rodham in successfully overcoming an unreasonable measuring requirement for indigent clients.
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Vince Foster then initiated the hiring of Rodham at Rose Law Firm, where she became its first ever female associate ; Vince Foster and fellow partner Webster Hubbell were instrumental in overcoming the reluctance of other partners to hire a woman.
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Vince Foster practiced mostly corporate law, eventually earning nearly $300,000 a year.
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Vince Foster was listed in the Best Lawyers in America book.
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Once Clinton was inaugurated, Vince Foster joined his White House staff as Deputy White House Counsel in early 1993.
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Vince Foster was joined with two other Rose Law Firm partners, William H Kennedy, III, who served as his associate counsel, and Webster Hubbell, who became Associate Attorney General.
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The Vince Foster residence was a small rented house in Georgetown in Washington, DC.
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Vince Foster had difficulty making the transition to life and politics in Washington.
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Vince Foster had to resign from the Country Club of Little Rock once its all-white membership became a political issue for others in the administration.
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Vince Foster worked on placing the Clintons' financial holdings into a blind trust.
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Vince Foster handled the Clintons' Madison Guaranty and Industrial Development Corporation paperwork and several Whitewater-related tax returns.
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Vince Foster worked twelve-hour days, six or seven days a week, and although thin to begin with, began losing weight.
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On May 8,1993, Vince Foster gave the commencement address at the University of Arkansas Law School, his alma mater, and said:.
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The next day, Vince Foster was found dead in Fort Marcy Park, a federal park in Virginia.
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Vince Foster was buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery in his hometown of Hope.
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Vince Foster's death, occurring just six months into the new administration, is thought by some to have ended the optimism and remaining innocence of the White House staff.
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Vince Foster's death had an effect on Rose Law Firm, as many within the firm had expected Vince Foster to become its leader once he returned from service in Washington.