Henry Johnson Fisher

Background

Fisher, Henry Johnson was born on October 30, 1873 in Marion, Ohio, United States. Son of William Bennett and Katherine Everett (Johnson) Fisher.

Education

Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1892. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1896. Doctor of Laws, Kenyon College, 1940.

Career

Began career as advertising manager Vice-President Frank A. Munsey Company, 1899-1906. Vice president Crowell Public Company, 1906-1913. Director Iron Age, 1910-1911.

Chairman of the Board Popular Science Public Company, 1915-1955, director, 1955-1965.

Chairman McCall Corporation, 1917-1945, chairman executive committee, 1946-1956. Director, Executive Committee Harper & Brothers, 1923-1955.

Honorary director of State National Bank of Connecticut.

Achievements

• Henry Johnson Fisher has been listed as a noteworthy publisher. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Squadron A, New York National Guard, 1897-1907. Member Yale Alumni Advisory Board. Member Council Foreign Relations, Foreign Policy Association, National Advisory Council Girl Scouts, Society Mayflower Descendants, Metropolitan Museum Art, American Museum Natural History, Pilgrims of United States, Sons of the American Revolution, Psi Upsilon.

Vice president Boys.

Clubs: Century, University, Yale.

Connections

Married Alice Gifford Agnew, February 27, 1906 (died December 16, 1946). Children: Agnew, Bennett, Joan, Everett.

Father:

William Bennett Fisher

Mother:

Katherine Everett (Johnson) Fisher

Spouse:

Alice Gifford Agnew

child:

Bennett Fisher

child:

Everett Fisher

child:

Joan Fisher

child:

Agnew Fisher