Judge Stuart M. Foss, age 80, died peacefully at home on August 20, 2018, following a long and hard-fought battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 17 1/2 years, Judge Virginia M. Combs, a native of Mobile, AL. Their love for each other was palpable and has been described quite literally as "the stuff of which fairy tales are made." Judge Foss was born in New York City to Sylvia and Maurice Foss. He graduated from New York University, earning both a B.S. degree (cum laude) in 1959 and an M.B.A. in 1960. As an undergraduate, he was a cadet in the U.S. Air Force R.O.T.C. program and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1959. His active duty was entirely in the Strategic Air Command from July 1960 through October 1964, when he re-entered civilian life to pursue a career in law. While on active duty, he was a Missile Launch Officer and Nuclear Weapons Officer and earned the "missile badge." He was serving in that capacity during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Remaining in the U.S. Air Force Reserves until 1973, he attained the rank of Captain. Judge Foss received his law degree from Duke University in 1968 and later earned an L.L.M. degree (with highest honors) in Labor Law from the George Washington University Law School in 1973. As a civilian, Judge Foss enjoyed a 38-year career with the federal government, retiring in 2006 after 16 years on the bench as a United States Administrative Law Judge. He was a member of the North Carolina and the District of Columbia Bar associations, as well as a member of a number of federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. He was active in the Blue Star Salute Foundation, Inc., the local chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, the Association of Air Force Missileers, the Civil War Trust (for more than 30 years), as well as the Civil War Roundtable of Birmingham, AL, serving as its President for two years, and was a former member of the Civil War Roundtable of Alexandria, VA, serving as its President for ten years.