Background
Fisher, Joseph Anton was born on April 23, 1895 in Sayville, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Anton and Barbara (Novotny) Fisher.
Fisher, Joseph Anton was born on April 23, 1895 in Sayville, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Anton and Barbara (Novotny) Fisher.
Bachelor of Arts, Civil Engineer, Lehigh University, 1917. Graduate Saumur Arty School, 1919.
Special agent freight traffic department, Reading Company, Philadelphia, 1921-1922, traffic representative, 1922-1925, chief clerk to vice president freight traffic, 1925-1926, foreign freight agent, 1926-1928, assistant general freight agent, 1928-1935, general freight agent, 1935-1936, assistant freight traffic manager, 1936-1939, freight traffic manager, 1939-1944, general freight traffic manager, 1944-1945, vice president freight traffic, 1945-1950, executive vice president 1950-1951, president, 1951-1960, now director Perishable Products Terminal Company, Portuguese Reading Railroad Company, Reading Transportation Company, Trenton-Princeton Traction Company, Washington & Franklin Railway Company, Wilmington & Northern Railroad Company. President East Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Vice president, director, member executive committee Ironton Railroad Company.
President Eastern Real Estate Company, Philadelphia, Reading & Pottsville Telegraph Company.
Vice-president, director, member Executive Committee Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lincolnshire. Director Central-Penn National Bank, Mutual Fire, Marine & Inland Insurance Company, Central Railroad Company New Jersey, Plymouth Railroad Company.
Director, member Executive Committee Lehigh & Hudson River Railway Company. Director Philadelphia Belt Lincolnshire Railroad Company.
Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railroad Company, Allentown Terminal Railroad Company.
President Utility Workers Union American, until 1960. President United Fund of Philadelphia, Trustee Lehigh University. Manager Franklin Institute.
Member American Society Traffic & Transportation, National Freight Traffic Association, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Philadelphia City’s of C. Clubs: Traffic, Union League, Rittenhouse, Racquet, Downtown, Manufacturers Golf & Country (Philadelphia).
Married Fannie Eugenia Raynor, November 27, 1919. Married second, Mabel Anderson. Children: Robert Joseph, Barbara Gene.