Philip S. Fisher
Philip Sydney Fisher, OC, CBE, DSO, DSC (March 31, 1896 – December 17, 1983) was a Canadian businessman. He was president of the Southam Company Ltd. (later Southam Inc.) from 1945 to 1961 and chairman from 1961.[1]
During the First World War, Fisher served as a pilot with the Royal Naval Air Service, flying submarine patrols and then fighter missions. He shot down at least three German airplanes before being wounded in 1917. He achieved the rank of captain.[2]
He was the nephew of Sydney Fisher.
References
[edit]- ^ "Philip S. Fisher dies at 87". The Gazette. 19 December 1983. p. 4.
- ^ MacSween, Joseph (8 May 1971). "Philip S. Fisher: from combat pilot to chief of Southam group". The Calgary Herald. p. 5.
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- 1896 births
- 1983 deaths
- Businesspeople from Montreal
- 20th-century Canadian businesspeople
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Canadian newspaper executives
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- Canadian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Canadian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Canadian recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)
- Royal Naval Air Service aviators
- McGill University alumni