Robert L. Fisher ’36

Bob died of natural causes June 22, 2007, in North Canaan, Conn.

Bob was part of a great Princeton family. His father was Howard S. Fisher 1894 and his five brothers included Howard S. Fisher Jr. '29, David N. Fisher '30, Fred N. Fisher '37, and Nick Fisher '42.

At Princeton, Bob majored in chemistry, belonged to Cloister Inn, was chairman of the Undergraduate Schools Committee, played football, and was a member of the freshman crew. Bob attended medical school at Columbia and joined the Navy as a medical officer in 1942. He served on a submarine tender and an ammunition ship in the Pacific.

After the war Bob married Ruth Alden Seeley, who died in 2003.

In 1947, Bob and three of his medical-school classmates, including the late George Fowler '36, opened the Sharon (Conn.) Clinic. Bob's specialty was obstetrics, and he delivered more than 7,000 babies before he retired in 1982.

Bob was active in his community. He was chairman of the Sharon Board of Education and of the Board of Housatonic Valley (Conn.) High School. His hobbies included gardening, golf, double crostics, needlepoint, and stamp and coin collecting.

We send sincerest condolences to his six children, including Robert L. Jr. '72, and six grandchildren.