Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland
Identifier |
SC2021.004 |
Creator(s) |
Fisk, George W. |
Acquisition |
The Major George W. Fisk Papers were donated by Margaret Genvert in March 2021. |
Language(s) |
English |
Use |
Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use." |
Preferred Citation |
"Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland." |
Attribution |
Finding aid written by Jennifer Piegols, March 2021. |
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Separated Materials |
The map of Western Europe has been placed in the Nabb Center's flat file system. The photographs were digitized and returned to the donor. Artifacts have been placed in object storage. |
Biographical History George William Fisk was born in Brooklyn, NY on August 24, 1919 to William Fillmore Fisk and Georgia Winans Fisk. He lived in W. Englewood and Tenafly, NJ from 1927 to 1933. He then moved to Washington Heights in New York City and graduated from George Washington High School in 1936. He attended Colgate University, graduating with a BA in history in 1940.
In 1941, George was inducted into the U.S. Army. He served with the Second Signal Corps during World War II in Northern Ireland, Wales, France, and Belgium. He won a Bronze star near Brest and was promoted to Major as the Second Division's signal officer in charge of all communications.
George married Dorothy Lee Bowles on May 8, 1943 in New York City. He received his law degree from Columbia Law School in February 1948. After law school, George clerked at the New York law firm, Hamlin, Hubbell and Davis, and then worked for the Barrett Division of Alliec Chemical and Dye Corporation. In 1955, George joined Socony Mobil's legal department and transferred to its Philadelphia office, moving to Wayne, PA. In 1959, George and family relocated to Old Greenwich, Connecticut. He worked in antitrust and labor law at Mobil in New York and later became Associate General Counsel. Mobil sent him to Chicago in 1979 to head up subsidiary Container Corporation's legal department. George and Dottie lived in Northbrook, IL.
In 1981, George became Senior Vice-President and General Counsel at Container, winning a landmark antitrust case for the corporation. He retired in 1984 and moved back to Connecticut. George volunteered much time to the First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich and fund-raising activities for Colgate University. He edited A Roar From the Valley, a book about Colgate's first 100 years of football. He was also active in the Republican Party and the Lions Club. George and Dottie lived in Cos Cob, until 2000, when they moved to Mallard Landing, a retirement community in Salisbury near their daughter, Peggy. They lived part time at a vacation home on Skidaway Island, GA. George belonged to the Union League Club in New York, Burning Tree Country Club in Greenwich, Mission Hills Country Club in Northbrook, and Marshwood Country Club at the Landings on Skidaway Island. He played golf and bridge, and was a lifelong fan of the SF Giants. Besides his work and volunteer commitments, George was a family man, whose wife, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren were dear to him. He died peacefully at Coastal Hospice at the Lake on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at age 90 in Salisbury, MD, where he lived for the past nine years.
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Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff