Vic Fischer | |
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Member of the Alaska Senate | |
In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 | |
Preceded by | Bill Sumner |
Succeeded by | Rick Uehling |
Member of the Alaska Territorial Legislature from the 3rd district | |
In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 Serving with Seaborn Buckalew, Ken Johnson, Irene Ryan, Russell Young, Dorothy Awes, Helen Fischer, Earl Hillstrand, Irwin Metcalf, James Norene | |
Succeeded by | Legislature abolished |
Delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention from the 18th district | |
In office November 8, 1955 – February 5, 1956 Serving with Dorothy Awes, Seaborn Buckalew, William Egan, Helen Fischer, John Hellenthal, Victor Rivers, Edward Davis, Marvin Marston, George McLaughlin, Chris Poulsen, Barrie White | |
Planning Director of Anchorage | |
In office 1950–1955 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany | May 2, 1924
Died | October 22, 2023 Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. | (aged 99)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jane Angvik (m. 1981) |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MCP) Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) |
Victor Fischer (May 2, 1924 – October 22, 2023) was a German-born American politician from the state of Alaska. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention that drafted Alaska's constitution in 1955 and 1956. After the death of its Secretary Katie Hurley in 2021, Fischer was the last surviving participant in the constitutional convention. Fischer later served in the Alaska Senate, as president of the University of Alaska Institute of Social and Economic Research, and as assistant secretary of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.