Chester Lewis Fisher ’33

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Chet died at Williamsburg Landing, Va., on May 21, 2002. He was 90.

After he graduated from Princeton he served in the Air Force as a full colonel. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his services in the Pacific theater during WWII. He was later senior vice president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. He was a civic leader and served as mayor of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., where he lived for many years. He retired to Marco, Fla., and Williamsburg, Va.

Chet is survived by his wife of 58 years, Grace, and his children, Chester III and Jane Fisher Swuggett. He had seven grandchildren. Chet was a friendly, vigorous classmate, whom we all will miss.

The Class of 1933

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