Ralph Talcott Fisher

Background

Fisher, Ralph Talcott was born on April 5, 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Ralph Talcott and Margaret (Merriam) Fisher.

Education

Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1942; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1948; certified, Russian Institute, Columbia University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1955.

Career

Assistant in instruction, then assistant professor of history, Yale University, New Haven, 1950-1958; associate professor of history, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1958-1960; director Russian and East European Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1959-1987; professor of history, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1960-1988; professor emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, since 1988; Board Dirs., University of Illinois Library Friends, Urbana-Champaign, since 1992; president of the board directors, University of Illinois Library Friends, Urbana-Champaign, 1996-1998. Research assistant American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1949. Visiting lecturer Russian history University of California, Berkeley, 1954.

Distinguished visiting professor of history Arizona State University, 1990. Trustee Russian Review, since 1979.

Achievements

• Ralph Talcott Fisher has been listed as a noteworthy Historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Pattern for Soviet youth (Studies of the Russian Institute of Columbia University)
  • A SOURCE BOOK FOR RUSSIAN HISTORY FROM EARLY TIMES TO 1917 (3 VOLUMES); VOLUME I
  • Pattern for Soviet Youth A Study Of The Congresses Of The Komsomol, 1918-1954
  • Source Book for Russian History from Early Times to 1917: Early Times to the Late Seventeenth Century v. 1

Membership

Captain infantry, United States Army, 1942-1946, China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations. Member American History Association (chairman conference Slavic and East European history 1969), American Association Advancement Slavic Studies (president 1979-1980, Award for Distinguished Contributions to Slavic Studies 1995), National Council Soviet and East European Research (trustee 1978-1983), Golden Bear Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Ruth Paroni Meads, December 20, 1942. Children: Ralph Talcott III, Margaret Manson, Albert Meads.

Father:

Ralph Talcott Fisher

Mother:

Margaret (Merriam) Fisher

Spouse:

Ruth Paroni Meads

child:

Albert Meads Fisher

child:

Margaret Manson Fisher

child:

Ralph Talcott III Fisher