Background

Fisher, William Paul was born on August 16, 1955 in Moline, Illinois, United States. Son of William Paul and Grace Elizabeth (Castelein) Fisher.

Education

Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts, Black Hawk College, Moline, 1976; Bachelor in Anthropology, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1981; Master of Arts in Social Science, University of Chicago, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy in Education, University of Chicago, 1988.

Career

Research assistant in rehabilitation R & D,, Hines (Illinois) Veterans Administration Hospital., 1984-1987; research associate, Marianjoy Rehabilitation, Wheaton, Illinois, 1988-1992; senior research scientist, Marianjoy Rehabilitation, Wheaton, Illinois, 1992-1994; associate professor public health and preventive medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, since 1994. Research associate Mining Enforcement And Safety Administration laboratories, University of Chicago, since 1984.

Membership

Member American Society for Testing and Materials (head measurement working group electronic medical record committee), APHA, American Medical Informatics Association, American Ednl. Research Association (reviewer), American Congress Rehabilitation Medicine (reviewer), Association for Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research, Rasch Measurement Special Interest Group (reviewer).

Interests

• Avocations: playing with daughters, home improvement, bicycling, jogging.

Connections

Children: MargauxVictoria, Zella Eleonore, Julia Alexandra.

Father:

William Paul Fisher

Mother:

Grace Elizabeth (Castelein) Fisher

child:

Julia Alexandra Fisher

child:

Zella Eleonore Fisher

child:

MargauxVictoria Fisher