Mourning the loss of Roger Fisher

We mourn the passing of Roger D Fisher, co-author of the landmark 1981 book “Getting to YES: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In” and co-founder of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard University.  Roger Fisher died on Saturday, August 25 aged 90.

Fisher’s ideas along with those of his co-authors William Ury and Bruce Patton, have influenced almost all of us who teach negotiation and conflict management.  Who is not familiar with the phrase: win-win?

Roger Dummer Fisher was born May 28, 1922, in Winnetka, Illinois.  He graduated from Harvard University in the early 1940s before volunteering for and serving the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946.  He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1948 and joined the faculty there in 1960.  He is survived by his two sons Elliot and Peter and his five grandchildren.