Frank E. Fischer *50

Frank Elmer Fischer died June 4, 1998, in Lugano, Switzerland. He was 88. He earned his baccalaureate in 1933 from Swarthmore College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a master's in English at Princeton in 1935 and taught English at Pace College in NYC until WWII.

Frank served as an intelligence officer in Gen. Patton's Third Army in Europe and continued in that assignment until the end of the war. Not long afterward he married his sweetheart, Lilly, in Coburg, Germany.

In 1950 the Fischers returned to the U.S., and Frank resumed his graduate studies at Princeton. He earned a doctorate in English literature in 1950. Frank then joined the Johnson and Johnson organization as director of training. This experience led next to his affiliation with the American Management Assn. His final business relationship was that of a partner in the consulting firm of Cresup, McCormick and Paget, where he remained until his retirement in 1973.

After this, the Fischers relocated to Lugano, Switzerland, for summers and to Sarasota, Fla., for winters. During summers in Lugano, Frank taught courses in Shakespeare at Franklin College.

He is survived by his wife, Lilly, a daughter, and three grandchildren.

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