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William Frederick Fisher (M.D.)

NASA Astronaut (former)

==Personal data==
Born April 1, 1946, in Dallas, Texas. Married to
the former Anna L. Tingle of St. Albans, New York.
They have two daughters.

==Education==
* 1964: Graduated from North Syracuse Central High
School, North Syracuse, New York
* 1968: Received a bachelor of arts from Stanford
University
* 1975: Received a doctorate in Medicine from the
University of Florida
* 1969-1971: Performed graduate work in biology at
the University of Florida
* 1978-1980: Performed graduate work in
Engineering at the University of Houston

==Organizations==
* Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency
Medicine 
* Member of the American College of Emergency
Physicians

==Special honors==
* American Astronautical Society Victor A. Prather
Award for Outstanding Achievement in the field of
Extravehicular Activity (1985)
* FAI Komarov Diploma (1985)
* NASA Space Flight Medal (1985)
* NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1988). 
* Group Achievement Awards for EMU and MMU
Development (1983)
* Group Achievement Awards for Payload Assist
Module (PAM) Software Development and Vehicle
Integration (1983)
* Named an ad hoc member of the U.S. Air Force
Scientific Advisory Board (1986)
* Appointed a member of the NASA Medicine Policy
Board (1987)

==Experience==
After medical school, Dr. Fisher completed a
surgical residency from 1975 to 1977 at UCLA's
Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, California.
He entered private practice in emergency medicine
from 1977 to 1980, while serving as an instructor
in medicine at the University of South Florida.

He has logged over 2,000 hours in prop,
rotary-wing, jet aircraft and spacecraft.

==NASA experience==
Selected by NASA in May 1980, Dr. Fisher became an
astronaut in August 1981. His technical
assignments to date include: scientific equipment
operator for high altitude research on the WB57-F
aircraft (1980-1981); astronaut medical support
for the first four Shuttle missions (1980-1982);
astronaut office representative for Extravehicular
Mobility Unit (spacesuit) and Extravehicular
Activity (EVA) procedures and development,
including thermal vacuum testing of the suit
(1981-1984); astronaut office representative for
the Payload Assist Module (PAM-D) procedures and
development (1982-1983); astronaut office
representative for Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS)
development (1983); support crewman for STS-8;
Capsule communicator|CAPCOM for STS-8 and STS-9;
Remote Manipulator System (RMS) hardware and
software development team (1983); Manned
Maneuvering Unit (MMU) development team (1983);
Deputy Director of NASA Government-furnished and
Contractor-furnished Equipment (1982-1983); Chief
of Astronaut Public Appearances (1985-1987); Head,
Astronaut Office Space Station Manned Systems
Division, and Health Maintenance Facility
(1987-1989); Astronaut Office representative on
space crew selection and retention standards for
Space Station (1989-1991). Dr. Fisher also
practiced emergency medicine at a hospital in the
greater Houston area in conjunction with his
astronaut duties.

Dr. Fisher was a mission specialist on STS-51-I,
which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida,
on August 27, 1985. STS-51-I was acknowledged as
the most successful Space Shuttle mission yet
flown. The crew aboard Space Shuttle Space Shuttle
Discovery deployed three communications
satellites, the Navy SYNCOM IV-4, the Australian
AUSSAT, and American Satellite Company's ASC-1.
They also performed a successful on-orbit
rendezvous with the ailing 15,400 pound SYNCOM
IV-3 satellite, and two EVA's (space walks) by Dr.
Fisher and Dr. van Hoften to repair it, including
the longest space walk in history. Discovery
completed 112 orbits of the Earth before landing
at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on
September 3, 1985. In completing this flight, Dr.
Fisher has logged over 170 hours in space,
including 11 hours and 52 minutes of EVA.

Dr. Fisher left NASA in 1991 and is currently
practicing full-time medicine at Humana Hospital
in Webster, Texas.

DECEMBER 1993

Source:
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