After moving to Atlanta during the 1970s, Corbin worked as a court reporter while attending Woodrow Wilson College of Law at night.
After leaving the military, he embarked on a teaching career, first at Central Missouri State College and then Jacksonville University in Florida. Air Force, where he worked in intelligence as a Russian translator. Corbin received a bachelor's degree from Carson-Newman College and a master's degree from the University of Tennessee. Never afraid to try something new, he reinvented himself several times over the course of his life. Growing up in Morristown, Tennessee, Corbin-who had a twin brother, Frank-was recognized for his intellect and talent. He was dedicated to social justice and civil rights and was a champion for the poor and disenfranchised. Corbin, an East Point attorney who was working as a mediator for The Justice Center of Atlanta, Fulton County and Clayton County when he died, invested his life in people. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. Foster Corbin at Books Again in Decatur, Georgia, in 2013 (Photo: John Disney/ALM) My close friend, Foster Corbin, the former longtime director of Atlanta’s Metro Fair Housing Services and a passionate advocate for the rights of others, died Feb.
