Richard B. Fisher ’57

One of our eminent classmates and a University trustee from 1984-94, Dick died of prostate cancer complications Dec. 16, 2004.

He prepared at William Penn Charter School. At Princeton he majored in history and roomed senior year with Tom Williams. His activities included serving as University Chapel deacon, class officer, president of Ivy, and chairman of Interclub Committee.

After a stint at the admission office, Dick attended Harvard Business School where he earned an MBA in 1962 with high distinction and as a Baker Scholar. He then joined Morgan Stanley in 1962. From corporate finance to fixed income to equity and research, Dick rose to leadership of capital markets, then managing director and partner in 1970, president in 1984, and chairman in 1991. Under his leadership Morgan Stanley diversified and globalized. His sharp wisdom was joined with a powerful character and keen judgment.

A generous benefactor, his gifts to Penn Charter, Bard College, Princeton, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Classmates Fund for '57 are well known.

He loved books, pens, cigars, watches, art, people, and especially his family. The class sends sincere condolences to his wife, Jeanne; his children Britton, Kate, and Alex; their mother, Emily; and his brother, David.

The Class of 1957