Obituary

HENRY WRIGHT FISHER (A´95, M´01, F´12, member for life) retired consulting engineer for the General Cable Corporation, Perth Amboy, N. J., died near Asheville, N. C., October 7, 1937. Mr. Fisher was born January 31, 1861, at Youghal, Ireland, and was graduated from Cornell University with the degree of mechanical engineer in the class of 1888. After graduation he held one or 2 minor positions before joining the staff of the Standard Underground Cable Company, remaining with that firm until 1927, when it became a part of the General Cable Corporation and he was retained on the engineering staff of the new organization. He was chief electrical engineer of the Standard Underground Cable Company from 1889 to 1915, manager of the lead cable and rubber works from 1915 to 1923, technical director of electrical engineering from 1923 to 1927, and for one year thereafter with the General Cable Corporation, and consulting engineer from 1928 to 1930, when he retired.