| James Brown Fisk | |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1910 |
| Order: | 4th |
| Office: | President of Bell Labs |
| Term Start: | 1959 |
| Term End: | 1973 |
| Successor: | William Oliver Baker |
| Alma Mater: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.) aeronautical engineering (1931) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.) theoretical physics (1935) |
James Brown Fisk (August 30, 1910 – August 10, 1981) was president of Bell Labs from 1959 to 1973.[1]
He was born on August 30, 1910, in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
He received his degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his Ph.D. dissertation was entitled “The Scattering of Electrons from Molecules.” He joined Bell Laboratories in 1939. He was named vice-president of research in 1954.[2] He headed Bell Labs from 1959 to 1973. He was named chairman of the board of Bell Laboratories in 1973 and retired in 1974.[1]
Upon his death, he lived in Basking Ridge, N.J. with his wife, Cynthia.[3]