Lawrence Edgar Fisher

Background

Fisher, Lawrence Edgar was born on January 13, 1946 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States. Son of Leon H. and Phyllis (Kahn) Fisher.

Education

Bachelor of Arts California, Berkeley, 1968. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1973.

Postdoctoral fellow, University Chicago, 1973—1974. Postgraduate in business administration, University Pennsylvania, 1982.

Career

Assistant professor University Illinois, Chicago, 1974—1983. Director Ethnographic Field School Northwestern University, Evanston, 1975—1978, adjunct associate professor, 1984—1986. Director client service MRCA Information Service, Northbrook, 1983—1988.

Group manager Test Marketing Group, Control Data Corporation, Chicago, 1988—1989. Director client service Information Resources, Inc., 1989—1990, vice president, 1991—1994, senior vice president, 1994—2000, National Family Opinion WorldGroup, Chicago, 2000—2004, Synovate, Inc., 2004—2005, Research International, Chicago, 2006. Faculty department integrated marketing communications Roosevelt University, since 2007, chair, Graduate Council, since 2010.

Visiting scholar Stanford University, 1978. Visiting assistant professor University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979—1980. Member external advisory board A.C. Nielsen Center, Graduate School Business University Wisconsin, Madison, since 1991, chairman board, 1998—1999.

Founding board governors Interactive Market Research Organization, since 2000.

Achievements

• Lawrence Edgar Fisher has been listed as a noteworthy research executive, anthropologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Colonial Madness: Mental Health in a Barbadian Social Order (Crime, law, and deviance series)

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Membership

Program committee member Market Research Association Annual Conference, 2005, chair online research track, 2005—2008. Member of European Society of Marketing Research Professionals, Marketing Research Association, Market Research Association, American Anthropological Association, American Marketing Association (EXPLOR award committee since 2001, conference committee Executive Insights Forum 2003, program committee Marketing Research Summit 2004, 2006).

Connections

Married Valerie Joseph, March 25, 1979. Children: Lael Fisher Woods, Jonathan Daniel, Matthew Joseph.

Father:

Leon H. Fisher

Mother:

Phyllis (Kahn) Fisher

Spouse:

Valerie Joseph

child:

Matthew Joseph Fisher

child:

Jonathan Daniel Fisher

child:

Lael Fisher Woods Fisher