Background
Fisher, Roy Mac was born on September 5, 1918 in Stockton, Kansas, United States. Son of Carey A. and Alice (Bales) Fisher.
Fisher, Roy Mac was born on September 5, 1918 in Stockton, Kansas, United States. Son of Carey A. and Alice (Bales) Fisher.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from Kansas State University in 1940.
During World World War II, he served in the United States. Pacific Fleet, 1942–1944, was Senior United States. Naval Liaison Officer, British Pacific Fleet, in 1945, and retired from the United States. Naval Reserves as a Lieutenant Commander. Fisher began his journalism career in 1945, as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News. He went on to become a feature writer, city editor, and assistant managing editors
In 1951, he was also named a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in political science and history.
In 1959, Fisher left the Daily News to become the Editorial Director and Vice-President of Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, the publishers of the World Book Encyclopedia and Science Year. Fisher returned to the Chicago Daily News in 1965, as Editor-in-Chief.
In 1971, Fisher left the Daily News and was appointed Dean of the University of Missouri"s School of Journalism and remained in that position until 1982. Under his leadership, in 1981, the Associated Press Managing Editors Association rated Missouri the top journalism school in the country.
From 1982 to 1989, Fisher led the Missouri School of Journalism"s Washington Program.
Board consultant National Science Foundation, National Endowment for Humanities, German Marshall Fund, Benton Federation. United States delegate United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference on World Press, Paris, 1975. Served to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1941-1945, PTO. Member American Society Newspapers Editors, Association for Education in Journalism, SigmaDelta Chi.
Married Anne Fallon, June 12, 1948. Children: Leslie Anne, Patricia Alice, Mary Margaret, Sarah Harkin.