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Roger Fisher (academic)

Roger Fisher, American author and academic (died 2012)

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Born
May 28, 1922
Died
August 25, 2012
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1922

About Roger Fisher (academic)

Roger D. Fisher was a Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and director of the Harvard Negotiation Project. Fisher and his students at the Harvard Negotiation Project (founded in 1979) began interviewing people who were known as skilled negotiators in order to understand what made them effective. In addition, colleagues at the Harvard Negotiation Project expanded the tradition Fisher founded and led. In 1984, Fisher founded the Conflict Management Group (CMG) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Roger Fisher (academic) timeline

  1. Fisher and his students at the Harvard Negotiation Project (founded in 1979) began interviewing people who were known as skilled negotiators in order to understand what made them effective.
  2. In 1984, Fisher founded the Conflict Management Group (CMG) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The world when Roger Fisher (academic) was born

Roger Fisher (academic) was born in 1922. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1922

  • #1 song"Chicago" – Fred Fisher
  • Top movieNosferatu
  • Best-selling bookUlysses – James Joyce

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGene Sarazen wins the U.S. Open at age 20
  • Top headlineMussolini marches on Rome and seizes power in Italy
  • Technology milestoneBBC begins radio broadcasts
  • Defining fadCrossword puzzles
  • Notable inventionWater skiing invented in Minnesota
  • World population1.90 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population110.0M

1922 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Roger Fisher (academic)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19222026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,270$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population110.0M341 million

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