Donald W. Fisher

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Donald William Fisher , called Don Fisher (born September 8, 1922 in Buffalo , New York , † December 24, 2012 in Kinderhook , New York), was an American geologist and paleontologist . He was a state palaeontologist from New York.

life and work

Don Fisher was the son of a teacher couple and studied geology at the University at Buffalo with a bachelor's degree in 1944 and a master's degree in 1948. He received his doctorate in 1952 from the University of Rochester , where he taught from 1949 to 1952 at Union College . From 1953 he was with the Geological Survey of New York, where he was state palaeontologist from 1955 to 1982.

As a state palaeontologist, he developed correlation overviews for the Cambrian , Ordovician and Silurian of New York and, with colleagues, a geological map of the state of New York, which appeared in 1962. He mapped the Plattsburgh-Rouses Point Quadrangles, the central Mohawk Valley, and the Glens-Falls-Whitehall region. He also organized excursions and supervised students at various universities in the state. Thanks to his efforts, Eurypterus remipes , a sea ​​scorpion from the Silurian, officially became the New York State fossil in 1984 (which he saw as a reference for state palaeontologist James Hall ).

In retirement, he ran a rock, mineral, and fossil store that opened in 1976 (Fisher's OK Rock Shop in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York). He has also published books on the geology of eastern New York State and the Niagara Falls.

Fonts

  • with others, edited by Irving H. Tesmer: Colossal Cataract: The Geological History of Niagara Falls, State University of New York Press, Albany 1981
  • with Stephen L. Nightingale: The Rise and Fall of the Taconic Mountains: A Geological History of Eastern New York, Black Dome Press 2006
  • with Ingvar Isachsen, Lawrence Rickard, Terry W. Offield, John Gerard Broughton: Geological Map of New York, New York State Geological Survey, Albany 1962

literature

  • Studies in Stratigraphy and Paleontology in Honor of Donald W. Fisher, New York State Museum Bulletin 481, 1994.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Harold Faber, Idea for the ages: New York State Fossil, New York Times, December 28, 1981
personal data
SURNAME Fisher, Donald W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fisher, Donald William (full name); Fisher, Don
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo , New York
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 2012
Place of death Kinderhook , New York