Craig B. Fisher

Fisher died September 18, 2006 in White Plains, New York from complications of a heart condition. leaving his wife and four children

In 2002, he wrote and edited Legacy of Heroes, about medical personnel in World War II, published by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Fisher originated and was award chairman for the worldwide Peter Ustinov Writing Competition for the Foundation of the International Council, in association with UNICEF. He was a judge for the International Emmys. He has been President of CADEAN, Phoenix, Osprey, and Kingfisher Productions.

After leaving NBC, Fisher wrote and produced the official version of the report of the White House-appointed Commission on Population Growth and the American Future in 1970 and was media consultant to the commission under the chairman, John D. Rockefeller III. Fisher also testified before Congress on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Craig B. Fisher (January 19, 1932 – September 18, 2006) was an American network and cable television producer. He spent more than 25 years with ABC, CBS, and NBC News Division in New York and Washington, D.C. and more than two decades as a freelance writer and producer. Fisher was responsible for over one thousand hours of live, film and videotape, studio and location television and corporate productions.

He was born in 1932 to Col. Dale D. and Francise Fisher, during Col. Fisher's tour of duty in Manila, the Philippines. Fisher was president of the student government at the University of Maryland, graduating in 1954. As a U.S. Air Force captain, he was a public relations and motion picture officer from 1955 to 1957.