Cedar Rapids Gazette
Sunday 13 Oct 1991
IOWA CITY
Neil B. Fisher, 70, of 2421 Walden Ct., Iowa City, died Friday in University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics following a long illness. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Lensing's Oak Hill Chapel, Coralville. There will be no visitation; the body has been donated to the University of Iowa Department of Anatomy.
Survivors include his wife, Imogene of Iowa City; three brothers, Doyle and Lyle, both of Marion, and Karl of Brinnon, Wash.; and two sisters, Apryle Frye of East Moline, Ill., and Maxine Beatty of Edgewood. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife.
Mr. Fisher was a retired assistant professor of environmental engineering and manager of the water plant at the University of Iowa. He was a licensed Professional Engineer and Water Treatment Plant Operator, Grade IV.
He was born July 27,1921, in Edgewood, the son of Lyle N. and Mary E. Boone Fisher. He married Imogene Kincaid on April 10, 1965, in Iowa City.
Following his graduation from Edgewood High School in 1939, he served in the Air Corps during World War II, from 1941-45. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Iowa in 1951, and his master's in chemical engineering in 1954.
From 1951-54, he worked full time as an instructor and supervisor at the university water plant. He was chief sanitary engineer and an instructor at the university from 1954-56; a sanitary engineer and assistant professor from 1956-65; and a sanitary engineer consultant and assistant professor from 1965 until his retirement in 1985. The Neil B. Fisher Environmental Engineering Fellowship was established in his honor in 1985.
Mr. Fisher was a member of American Water Works Association, serving as past president of Iowa AWWA; Water Pollution Control Federation, serving as past president of Iowa WPCF; and Chi Epsilon Sigma Xi. He was past chairman of the AWWA committee on Measurement for Automatic Control of Quality in Water Treatment Plant Operation. In 1976, he received the Fuller Award and the Iowa Section Meritorious Award, the highest awards that can be received in Iowa from the AWWA. He also wrote several articles for professional journals.
The Rev. Dale Batcheler will officiate. Memorial donations may be made to the Neil B. Fisher nvironmental Engineering Fellowship Fund, c/o the University of Iowa Foundation.
Sunday 13 Oct 1991
IOWA CITY
Neil B. Fisher, 70, of 2421 Walden Ct., Iowa City, died Friday in University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics following a long illness. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Lensing's Oak Hill Chapel, Coralville. There will be no visitation; the body has been donated to the University of Iowa Department of Anatomy.
Survivors include his wife, Imogene of Iowa City; three brothers, Doyle and Lyle, both of Marion, and Karl of Brinnon, Wash.; and two sisters, Apryle Frye of East Moline, Ill., and Maxine Beatty of Edgewood. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife.
Mr. Fisher was a retired assistant professor of environmental engineering and manager of the water plant at the University of Iowa. He was a licensed Professional Engineer and Water Treatment Plant Operator, Grade IV.
He was born July 27,1921, in Edgewood, the son of Lyle N. and Mary E. Boone Fisher. He married Imogene Kincaid on April 10, 1965, in Iowa City.
Following his graduation from Edgewood High School in 1939, he served in the Air Corps during World War II, from 1941-45. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Iowa in 1951, and his master's in chemical engineering in 1954.
From 1951-54, he worked full time as an instructor and supervisor at the university water plant. He was chief sanitary engineer and an instructor at the university from 1954-56; a sanitary engineer and assistant professor from 1956-65; and a sanitary engineer consultant and assistant professor from 1965 until his retirement in 1985. The Neil B. Fisher Environmental Engineering Fellowship was established in his honor in 1985.
Mr. Fisher was a member of American Water Works Association, serving as past president of Iowa AWWA; Water Pollution Control Federation, serving as past president of Iowa WPCF; and Chi Epsilon Sigma Xi. He was past chairman of the AWWA committee on Measurement for Automatic Control of Quality in Water Treatment Plant Operation. In 1976, he received the Fuller Award and the Iowa Section Meritorious Award, the highest awards that can be received in Iowa from the AWWA. He also wrote several articles for professional journals.
The Rev. Dale Batcheler will officiate. Memorial donations may be made to the Neil B. Fisher nvironmental Engineering Fellowship Fund, c/o the University of Iowa Foundation.
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Sunday 13 Oct 1991
IOWA CITY
Neil B. Fisher, 70, of 2421 Walden Ct., Iowa City, died Friday in University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics following a long illness. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Lensing's Oak Hill Chapel, Coralville. There will be no visitation; the body has been donated to the University of Iowa Department of Anatomy.
Survivors include his wife, Imogene of Iowa City; three brothers, Doyle and Lyle, both of Marion, and Karl of Brinnon, Wash.; and two sisters, Apryle Frye of East Moline, Ill., and Maxine Beatty of Edgewood. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife.
Mr. Fisher was a retired assistant professor of environmental engineering and manager of the water plant at the University of Iowa. He was a licensed Professional Engineer and Water Treatment Plant Operator, Grade IV.
He was born July 27,1921, in Edgewood, the son of Lyle N. and Mary E. Boone Fisher. He married Imogene Kincaid on April 10, 1965, in Iowa City.
Following his graduation from Edgewood High School in 1939, he served in the Air Corps during World War II, from 1941-45. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Iowa in 1951, and his master's in chemical engineering in 1954.
From 1951-54, he worked full time as an instructor and supervisor at the university water plant. He was chief sanitary engineer and an instructor at the university from 1954-56; a sanitary engineer and assistant professor from 1956-65; and a sanitary engineer consultant and assistant professor from 1965 until his retirement in 1985. The Neil B. Fisher Environmental Engineering Fellowship was established in his honor in 1985.
Mr. Fisher was a member of American Water Works Association, serving as past president of Iowa AWWA; Water Pollution Control Federation, serving as past president of Iowa WPCF; and Chi Epsilon Sigma Xi. He was past chairman of the AWWA committee on Measurement for Automatic Control of Quality in Water Treatment Plant Operation. In 1976, he received the Fuller Award and the Iowa Section Meritorious Award, the highest awards that can be received in Iowa from the AWWA. He also wrote several articles for professional journals.
The Rev. Dale Batcheler will officiate. Memorial donations may be made to the Neil B. Fisher nvironmental Engineering Fellowship Fund, c/o the University of Iowa Foundation.
Sunday 13 Oct 1991
IOWA CITY
Neil B. Fisher, 70, of 2421 Walden Ct., Iowa City, died Friday in University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics following a long illness. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Lensing's Oak Hill Chapel, Coralville. There will be no visitation; the body has been donated to the University of Iowa Department of Anatomy.
Survivors include his wife, Imogene of Iowa City; three brothers, Doyle and Lyle, both of Marion, and Karl of Brinnon, Wash.; and two sisters, Apryle Frye of East Moline, Ill., and Maxine Beatty of Edgewood. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife.
Mr. Fisher was a retired assistant professor of environmental engineering and manager of the water plant at the University of Iowa. He was a licensed Professional Engineer and Water Treatment Plant Operator, Grade IV.
He was born July 27,1921, in Edgewood, the son of Lyle N. and Mary E. Boone Fisher. He married Imogene Kincaid on April 10, 1965, in Iowa City.
Following his graduation from Edgewood High School in 1939, he served in the Air Corps during World War II, from 1941-45. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Iowa in 1951, and his master's in chemical engineering in 1954.
From 1951-54, he worked full time as an instructor and supervisor at the university water plant. He was chief sanitary engineer and an instructor at the university from 1954-56; a sanitary engineer and assistant professor from 1956-65; and a sanitary engineer consultant and assistant professor from 1965 until his retirement in 1985. The Neil B. Fisher Environmental Engineering Fellowship was established in his honor in 1985.
Mr. Fisher was a member of American Water Works Association, serving as past president of Iowa AWWA; Water Pollution Control Federation, serving as past president of Iowa WPCF; and Chi Epsilon Sigma Xi. He was past chairman of the AWWA committee on Measurement for Automatic Control of Quality in Water Treatment Plant Operation. In 1976, he received the Fuller Award and the Iowa Section Meritorious Award, the highest awards that can be received in Iowa from the AWWA. He also wrote several articles for professional journals.
The Rev. Dale Batcheler will officiate. Memorial donations may be made to the Neil B. Fisher nvironmental Engineering Fellowship Fund, c/o the University of Iowa Foundation.
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