Editing Vince Foster (section)

==Early life and education==
Foster was born in [[Hope, Arkansas]], to Vincent W. Foster Sr. and Alice Mae Foster (1914–2012).<ref name="starr-bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/docs/fosteriv.htm|title=Factual Summary: Mr. Foster's Background and Activities on July 20, 1993|work=Whitewater: The Foster Report|agency=[[United States Office of the Independent Counsel]] | series= [[The Washington Post]]|date=October 11, 1997|access-date=December 9, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010121053/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/docs/fosteriv.htm|archive-date=October 10, 2008}}</ref> His father became a successful real estate developer.<ref name="nykr-boyer">{{cite news|author-last=Boyer | author-first= Peter J.|date=September 11, 1995|title=Life After Vince|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|format=fee required|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1995/09/11/1995_09_11_054_TNY_CARDS_000372740}}</ref><ref name="moldea"/> Vincent had two sisters, [[Sheila F. Anthony|Sheila]] and Sharon.<ref name="starr-bio"/>

Vincent was a childhood friend of [[Bill Clinton]], then known as Billy Blythe.<ref name="k-r-stunned"/> Clinton, a year and a half younger than Foster, resided in an adjoining property to Foster's<ref name="k-r-stunned"/> with his grandparents while [[Virginia Clinton Kelley|his mother]] was often away studying nursing.<ref name="maraniss"/> Clinton later recalled, "I lived with my grandparents in a modest little house across from Vince Foster's nice, big, white brick house."<ref name="k-r-stunned"/> Another Clinton recollection was that Foster "was kind to me and never lorded it over me the way so many older boys did with younger ones."<ref name="bill-15">{{cite book | first=Bill | last=Clinton | author-link=Bill Clinton | title=My Life | publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf Publishing Group]] | location=New York City| date=2004 | page=[https://archive.org/details/mylife00clin/page/15 15]| title-link=My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography) }}</ref> Another childhood friend was [[Mack McLarty]], who would one day become [[White House Chief of Staff]] for Clinton.<ref name="wapo-dvd">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/08/15/the-crumbling-of-a-pillar-in-washington/58dc8cd8-c737-48ed-852c-4980c82634fe|title=The Crumbling of a Pillar in Washington|first=David|last=Von Drehle | author-link=David Von Drehle|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 15, 1993}}</ref> In 1950, Clinton's mother remarried and they relocated to a different part of Hope.<ref name="maraniss"/> By several accounts, Foster and Clinton attended Miss Marie Purkins' School for Little Folks together, a private kindergarten,<ref name="cbf-1st"/><ref name="eahc"/> although Foster was a year ahead in school. Then, around late 1952, the Clintons moved away to [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]].<ref name="maraniss">{{cite book | first=David | last=Maraniss | title=First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton | url=https://archive.org/details/firstinhisclassb00mara | url-access=registration | publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] | location=New York | date=1995 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/firstinhisclassb00mara/page/30 30], 32, 33| isbn=9780671871093 }}</ref> However, Clinton would often return to visit his grandparents in Hope during summers, weekends, and holidays and he maintained connections with the people there.<ref name="cbf-1st">{{cite web | url=http://www.clintonchildhoodhomemuseum.com/EdBro3.html | title=President Bill Clinton's 1st Home | publisher=Clinton Birthplace Foundation, Inc. | access-date=July 25, 2017}}</ref>

Foster excelled as a student and athlete.<ref name="k-r-stunned"/> At [[Hope High School (Arkansas)|Hope High School]], he became president of the student council, with McLarty serving as vice president.<ref name="wapo-dvd"/> He graduated from Hope High School in 1963.<ref name="starr-bio"/>

Foster attended [[Davidson College]], graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1967.<ref name="moldea"/><ref name="eahc">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5117|title=Vince Walker Foster Jr. (1945–1993)|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture]]|access-date=July 8, 2015}}</ref> His father wanted him to join the family real estate business, but instead, he opted to attend law school.<ref name="nykr-boyer"/>

After starting at [[Vanderbilt University Law School]], he joined the [[Arkansas National Guard]] during the height of the [[Vietnam War]]<ref name="nykr-boyer"/> to avoid [[Draft evasion in the Vietnam War#Enlisting to evade|the military draft]].<ref name="moldea"/> To be closer to his guard responsibilities, he transferred to the [[University of Arkansas School of Law]] in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]],<ref name="nykr-boyer"/> where he was managing editor of the [[law review]].<ref name="starr-bio"/> He received his [[Juris Doctor]] in 1971, graduating first in his class.<ref name="nykr-boyer"/> He scored the highest in his class on the Arkansas [[Bar examination|bar exam]].<ref name="nykr-boyer"/>