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professor of agricultural economics, has proved to
be a long course in understanding the situation.
“I’ve always been interested in how things
work, so economics is a fairly natural thing to
me,” Fisher said, after he recently returned from
a three week trip to the former Soviet republic
of Uzbekistan.
The professor, who grew up in the small town
of Mt. Vernon, Wash., got his initial experience in
agricultural economics growing up on a farm in
the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.
Fisher’s father worked in construction, and
passed his interest in machinery onto his son.
“By the time I was nine or 10, my dad put me
on one of those D-8 Cat [bulldozers],” he said.
“Even now, every time I see a piece of machinery
around, I want to ride it.”
After he graduated from high school, Fisher
decided to pursue other interests.
“I come from a really strong Christian home,”
he said. “My parents were both Christians, and my
mother was an extremely gifted Bible teacher.”
He entered school at Moody Bible Institute
in Chicago.
“It was a real experience,” Fisher said. “I had
never been outside ofWashington, never lived in
a city. My roommate was a farm boy from Kansas.
“He was absolutely no help to me, or I to him.
We were just trying not to get killed, because we
were fairly sure we would.”
After the death of his grandmother, Fisher re
turned to Washington, where he eventually de
cided to pursue a degree in agricultural eco
nomics at Washington State University.
“I was one of those students who crammed
their four-year degrees into seven years,” he said.
But after years of working and paying medical
bills incurred by a benign brain tumor, Fisher
ear ned his bachelor’s degree, and went on to pur
sue graduate work at Michigan State University.
This year, Fisher gained a rare opportunity
to travel when he was asked by a former A&M
student to be an economics consultant in
Andijon, Uzbekistan.
“It’s about as deeply buried in central Asia as
you can get,” Fisher said, gesturing toward a
small map of the former Soviet Union.
The Uzbek government is trying to make the
transition from Soviet communism to a free mar
ket economy.
“It’s a very difficult move for (the Uzbeks),”
Fisher said. “It’s such a quantum leap. All of their
production decisions were made in Moscow, and
now they have to discover everything again.”
Fisher said he encountered only enthusiasm
from the Uzbek citizens.
“I thought I’d run into any number of hard
line communists,” he said. “But there was ab
solutely none of that. They were very kind.”
Fisher is now back in College Station, where
he has lived with his family for 17 years.
“I love it here,” he said. “The school spirit, the
friendly people... This has been a good place for
me professionally and for my family.”
His two children both graduated from A&M.
His son, Brian, a pastor at Grace Bible Church,
still lives in College Station.
Fisher’s only complaint: the hot Texas summers.
“I’m used to being able to see snow-capped
mountains in the distance,” he said. “I won’t ever
get over that.
“But I enjoy it here. I just can’t see ever leav
ing Texas.”
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