Background
Fisher, Cassius Asa was born on February 15, 1872 in Fremont, Nebraska, United States. Son of Marcius Clay and Nellie (LePrand) Fisher.
Fisher, Cassius Asa was born on February 15, 1872 in Fremont, Nebraska, United States. Son of Marcius Clay and Nellie (LePrand) Fisher.
Graduate Fremont Normal School, 1892. Bachelor of Arts, University of Nebraska, 1898, Master of Arts, 1900. Doctor of Science from same university, 1927.
Post-graduate work Yale, 1902-1903.
Assistant instructor in geology, Yale, 1902-1903. Assistant geologist, 1896-1909, geologist, 1909-1910, also assistant chief of Fuel Section, United States Geological Survey. Consultant geologist and engineer, specialty fuels, since 1910.
Member Fisher & Lowrie.
Consulting mining engineer, bureau of Mines, 1911-1912. In charge of the United States Navy fuel expedition Alaska, 1912.
Geologist and construction engineering in development of Salt Creek oil field, Wyoming, 1910-1913. Universalist.
Member Fisher & Lowrie. Consulting mining engineer, bureau of Mines, 1911-1912. Fellow Geological Society America.
One of the 3 originators of the former method of valuation by United States Government of coal lands on the public domain.
Married Evangeline Hazlewood, August 22, 1900. Children: Eleonora H., Maurice H., Robert V. Fellow in geology, University of Nebraska.