ohn Thomas Foley, 1918-2012. Son of Martin John Foley and Anna Agnes Brett, was born 9 January 1918 in Medford, Massachusetts. The family moved to Arlington, MA, where John graduated from Arlington High School. The graduated from Tufts College in 1939 with a degree in chemical engineering and from Boston University in 1941 with an MBA. He worked as an accountant at Monsanto in St. Louis until he joined the US Army in June 1942.