Founder Profile
Major C.B. Foster
Last reviewed: November 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Major C.B. Foster?
Major C.B. Foster is a founder of USAA, which was founded in 1922 with Major William H. Garrison and Major Harold Dunlap.
- Company founded
- USAA
- Founded
- 1922
- Co-founders
- Major William H. Garrison and Major Harold Dunlap
Founding Story
Major C.B. Foster served as the organizing secretary during USAA's formative 1922 assembly at the Gunter Hotel. Foster managed early member communications, oversaw ledger underwriting subscriptions across military posts in Texas and the Southwest, and established the direct-mail circulars that enabled the young association to expand nationally without an expensive broker commission network.
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