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Jo X rof. ifeorge (s. Jis ier, w 7. Al. whose appreciation of their virtues anr charity toward their shortcomings tare made him the fast friend of Susquehanna star ents.
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PROFESSOR GEORGE E. FISHER, PH. B., A. M. HE subject of this sketch. Prof. George E. Fisher, was born at Kreamer, Pa., January 17, 1869. Being the son of pious and God-fearing parents almost from his infancy he began to lav those foundations of Christian character for which his entire life has been so distinctively marked. His earlv education was acquired in the public schools of Snvder County. In 18S4 he entered Missionary Institute (now Susquehanna University) and graduated therefrom in 18S8. The course of the Institution at that time ex- tended to the end of the Sophomore year. After teaching one year he entered the Junior class at Bucknell University and gradu- ated with honors in 1891 receiving the degree of Bachelor of Phil- osophy. After his graduation he was elected to the principalship of the Friends ' Normal Institute at Rising Sun, Md., whose affairs he conducted with eminent success. At the end of one year, however, he was called to the department of Natural Sciences in Bucknell Academv. This position he held for a period of four years. Dur- ing his period of work at Bucknell he won for himself the confidence and esteem of the student body and of the professors of the Uni- versity. Accordingly when the call came to him in 1896 to be- come the head of the department of Natural Sciences at Susque- hanna University, a very difficult problem confronted him. After considerable thought and prayer, he finally concluded to cast his fortunes and interests with this young and struggling Institution of his own church. That his faith in regard to the University was well founded may be seen in the extensive development of the institution since that time. In this growth Prof. Fisher played a very prominent part. The major portion of his work, of course, lay in the direction of the development of his own department. During the period of his professorship the Chemical and Physical Laboratory was erected and he had charge of its arrangement and equipment. All the courses of the University have been greatly enlarged and improved and nowhere has there been a fuller development than in the department of Natural Sciences. So completely and
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