Personal Life
Forrester was born in Aberdeen, Scotland; he graduated from New Hanover High School in 1954. Forrester earned a bachelor's degree in science from Wake Forest University in 1958 and medical degrees from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (1962) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1978). On March 12, 1960, he married Mary Frances All; they had four children. Forrester also served in the North Carolina Air National Guard, and participated in the Vietnam War. Forrester ran a private medical practice in Gaston County, North Carolina. Forrester died on October 31, 2011 at age 74.
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