Philip Manning Foisie (1922-1995), was among the 1944 class of the Military Intelligence Japanese Language School (MIJLS), part of the Army Intensive Japanese Language School (AIJLS) of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The military-run program trained students in combat techniques, military government work in Japan, and Japanese language and culture.
Foisie served as a military intelligence office in China during World War II. After the war, Foisie remained in Shanghai, working for relief agencies. He became a journalist and worked for national and international newspapers. Joining the Washington Post in 1955 as cable news editor, Foisie became foreign editor and assistant managing editor for foreign news. Leaving the Washington Post, Foisie moved to the International Herald-Tribune as executive editor. He returned to the United States in 1989 to serve as ombudsman for the Stars and Stripes military newspapers published in Europe and Japan.
In 1995, Foisie died of a heart attack.
From the guide to the Philip M. Foisie papers, 1930-1944, 1942-1944, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)
