Joseph L. Fisher
Joseph L. Fisher was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States on January 11th, 1914 and is the American Politician. At the age of 78, Joseph L. Fisher biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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After several years working at an accounting firm, Fisher was hired by the National Resource Planning Board in 1939. He was promoted to become an economist for the U.S. Department of State in 1942. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943 to serve in World War II. Fisher returned to the United States after the war ended and earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He was then hired by the Council of Economic Advisors and, after furthering his education at George Washington University, became the senior economist at this organization in 1951. In 1953, Fisher joined the efforts of a non-profit think tank known as Resources for the Future, Inc.
In 1974, Fisher was elected to Congress from Virginia's 10th congressional district in what was considered an upset, defeating long-serving incumbent Joel Broyhill. The district was based in the Washington D.C. suburbs and had been one of the first areas in Virginia to turn Republican. Fisher served for three terms until losing to Republican Frank Wolf in November 1980. He went on to establish the Economic Policy Department at The Wilderness Society, a U.S. non-governmental organization, bringing a first-of-its-kind professional scientific focus to the wildland conservation community. Afterward, Fisher was appointed Virginia Secretary of Human Resources in 1982 and then became an economics professor at George Mason University in 1986.
In addition to Fisher's role in the policy and public world, he was deeply involved in the community. Fisher served as chairman on the Arlington County Board, the Washington Metropolitan Transit Area (WMATA), president and chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, and moderator for the Board of Unitarian Universalist Association.
Fisher also wrote two books, including World Prospects for Natural Resources (1964) and Resources for America's Future (1963).