Background
Fisher, James William was born on May 22, 1925 in Tucapau, South Carolina, United States. Son of Ernest Amaziah and Mamie V. (Turner) Fisher.
Pharmacologist medical educator
Fisher, James William was born on May 22, 1925 in Tucapau, South Carolina, United States. Son of Ernest Amaziah and Mamie V. (Turner) Fisher.
Bachelor of Science, University South Carolina, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology (United States Public Health Service fellow), University Louisville, 1958.
Development chemist Armour Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Chicago, 1950-1953, Ayerst Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Rouses Point, New York, 1953—1954. Pharmacologist Lloyd Brothers Pharmaceutical Company, Cincinnati, 1954-1956. Instructor pharmacology University Tennessee, 1958-1960, assistant professor, 1960-1962, associate professor, 1962-1966, professor, 1966-1968.
Professor, chairman department pharmacology Medical School, Tulane University, 1968-1996. Regents professor Tulane University, 1996—1999, Regents professor emeritus, chairman, since 1999. Visiting professor University Zambia, Lusaka, 1987, Keio University, Tokyo, 1987, University Nairobi, 1993.
External examiner University Würzburg.I., Trinidad, 1992. Visiting scientist Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, England, 1963-1964. Director Tulane-Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina, Pan American Health Organization Physiological Sciences Training Program, 1972-1977.
Lecturer in field; member National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (erythropoietin committee 1971-1974), member National Institutes of Health hematology training grants committee, 1977. Member Cooley's Anemia National Research Committee, 1974. President Southern Blood Club, 1975-1977.
Member Wellcome Professorships Committee, 1976, 93, 94, 95. Member pharmacology committee National Board Medical Examiners, 1988-1992. Member ad hoc group medical research funding AAMC, 1990-1993.
Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (Sollman awards committee 1981, experimental therapeutics award committee 1982, 94, alerting network 1986-1990, educational affairs committee 1986-1989, Krayer awards committee 1990, Experimental Therapeutics award 1992, nominating committee 1997), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Nephrology, American Society Hematology (science affairs committee 1973-1974, chairman eythropoietin subcommittee 1973), Association Medical School Pharmacology (executive committee 1979-1982, nominating committee 1975, 86, 94, 96, 99, chairman essential knowledge base in pharmacology committee 1984-1995, president 1990-1992), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Carol Barbara Brodarick, June 5, 1947 (deceased), Naryann Hillyer Annis. Children: Candis Loreen Fisher Rush Smith, Patricia Eileen Fisher Valladares, Richard W., William E., John C., Elaine Marie Fisher Spurr. Married Maryann Hillyer Annis, September 30, 2006.