GERALD P. FISHER: An Eternal
Optimist
As
one of Booz, Allen & Hamilton's most respected
consultants, Gerald P. Fisher never saw the need to dress
for success.
"He was a character," said Joyce Doria, a senior vice
president who supervised Mr. Fisher at the firm's Mclean,
Va., office. "Geep," as friends and co-workers called
him, "would sometimes come in with his tie in disarray,
or a shirt that just didn't match," Ms. Doria said. "But
he stood his ground. He would say, `This is me, this is
who I am.' He wanted people to know him for his ideas. He
had a very winning way."
A resident of Potomac, Md., Gerald Paul Fisher, 57,
grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from San Francisco
College. Bearded and burly, he was a jolly character,
with a guttural laugh that turned heads when it rang. "He
was a very open kind of guy," Ms. Doria said, "an eternal
optimist."
At Booz, Allen for 17 years, Mr. Fisher had worked as
a manpower specialist, and on Sept. 11 was meeting with
Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Maude at the Pentagon..
Mr. Fisher found time to pursue his passion for social
work &emdash; he held a doctorate in social welfare from
the University of Pennsylvania. "People would go to him
for counseling," Ms. Doria said. "I guess he never lost
the social welfare part of him."
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