S. Timothy Fiske ’50

Tim died of cancer in Wisconsin July 24, 2005. He was described as a man with a kind and gentle heart.

He came from the Blake School in Minneapolis to Princeton, where he belonged to Terrace Club and majored in biology. Upon graduation, he served three years as a naval officer, two aboard an aircraft carrier in Korean waters.

Upon mustering out, Tim intended to study law, but an invitation from friends to be a navigator on a sailboat lured him to the Caribbean. Eventually, he returned to Minnesota, where he taught and pursued graduate studies in zoology at the University of Minnesota.

Tim then embarked upon a career in archaeology, working in Guatemala, Winnipeg, and Ecuador. He successively taught at the University of Manitoba, was chief archaeologist for the Minnesota Historical Society, and was curator of the Anthropology and Science Museum of Minnesota. In the mid-1970s he and his wife, Carol, had a midlife adventure converting a 1716 fort on Portugal's Algarve coast into a successful restaurant.

Returning to Minneapolis in 1977, Tim joined the staff of the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, where he was associate director and chief operating officer until his retirement in 1996.

Our condolences go to Carol, his wife of 41 years; their five children; his brother and sisters; 11 grandchildren; and his great-grandson.

The Class of 1950